HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT
FOR
COCS MEMORIAL CEMETERY & AGGIE FIELD OF HONOR (07-00500231)
This item is for a land use and thoroughfare plan amendment for the City of
College Station Memorial Cemetery. The City is proposing to develop a 56
acre cemetery on property along SH 60 north of the airport.
The property is currently planned for industrial/research and development
and TAMU uses. Since the 2003 adoption of the F&B Road Small Area
Plan, the City has assembled property for the cemetery in this location.
The city is requesting to remove two minor collectors from the area and to
amend the land use to institutional. A Land Use Plan amendment is not
required for the development of the property for governmental use,
however, in keeping the plan up to date, the City is requested to update the
land use plan as well.
A majority of the property is located within the city limits, however a portion
is located outside the city in an area slated for annexation in early 2008.
Staff is recommending approval of the request.
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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT
FOR
COCS MEMORIAL CEMETERY & AGGIE FIELD OF HONOR (07-00500231)
This item is for a land use and thoroughfare plan amendment for the City of
College Station Memorial Cemetery. The City is proposing to develop a 56
acre cemetery on property along SH 60 north of the airport.
The property is currently planned for industrial/research and development
and TAMU uses. Since the 2003 adoption of the F&B Road Small Area
Plan, the City has assembled property for the cemetery in this location.
The city is requesting to remove two minor collectors from the area and to
amend the land use to institutional. A Land Use Plan amendment is not
required for the development of the property for governmental use,
however, in keeping the plan up to date, the City is requested to update the
land use plan as well.
A majority of the property is located within the city limits, however a portion
is located outside the city in an area slated for annexation in early 2008.
Staff is recommending approval of the request.
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November 1, 2007
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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT
FOR
COCS MEMORIAL CEMETERY & AGGIE FIELD OF HONOR (07-00500231)
REQUEST: Land Use Plan Amendment from Industrial/Research & Development
and TAMU to Institutional and to remove two unnamed minor collectors
from the Thoroughfare Plan
ACREAGE: 56.57 acres
LOCATION: 3800 Raymond Stotzer Parkway
West of the intersection of Harvey Mitchell Parkway and Raymond
Stotzer Parkway
APPLICANT: City of College Station
PROJECT MANAGER: Lindsay Boyer, AICP, Senior Planner
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NOTIFICATIONS
Advertised Commission Hearing Date: 11-01-07
Advertised Council Hearing Dates: 11-19-07
ADJACENT LAND USES
Direction Comprehensive Plan Zoning Land Use
North Retail Regional/TAMU C-1 and outside City Vacant & Large lot
residential
South Raymond Stotzer& Easterwood -CU Vacant
TAMU
East Retail Regional C-2 & C-1 Valley Park—office
West Retail Regional & A-O Vacant
Industrial
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
Annexation: 1970, 1982, and 1995
Zoning: 2 parcels were rezoned to M-1 from A-O in 1996 and 2002, the remainder
is A-O
Final Plat: Unplatted
Site development: Mostly vacant, oil well onsite, one tract developed as office
REVIEW CRITERIA
1. Changed or changing conditions in the subject area or the City: The subject property
was part of the F&B Road Small Area Plan that was adopted in 2003. The plan identified the
tracts for Industrial/Research and Development and TAMU. However, since that time, the
City has been acquiring property from private property owners and TAMU for the
development of a new cemetery and Aggie Field of Honor. The City is requesting to amend
the Comprehensive Plan for the property to Institutional which is also the designation for the
existing City Cemetery. A portion of the property is located outside the City Limits and is in
the proposed annexation area for the next annexation to take place in early 2008.
Municipal facilities are allowed in any designation, so a Land Use Plan amendment is not
necessary for compliance with zoning restrictions; however, in an effort to keep the plan up
to date, the City is requesting the Land Use Plan amendment. The use of the property will
also lower the proposed traffic impact in the area, which supports the removal of the minor
collectors.
2. Compatibility with the remainder of the Comprehensive Plan: The Institutional Land Use
Plan designation is for public and quasi-public uses. The property is also in close proximity
to Easterwood Airport, and building height would be limited for any type of commercial or
industrial uses. The development of a cemetery is also in keeping with the provisions to
provide adequate open space within the City Limits as well as providing quality services for
a growing population.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the request based on the compatibility with the Comprehensive
Plan.
SUPPORTING MATERIALS
1. Application
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CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT
FOR
COCS MEMORIAL CEMETERY &AGGIE FIELD OF (07-00500231)
REQUEST: Industrial/Research & Development and TAMU to Institutional
ACREAGE: 56.57 acres
LOCATION: 3800 Raymond Stotzer Parkway
West of the intersection of FM 2818 and Raymond Stotzer Parkway
APPLICANT: City of College Station
PROJECT MANAGER: Lindsay Boyer, AICP, Senior Planner
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NOTIFICATIONS
Advertised Commission Hearing Date: 11-01-07
Advertised Council Hearing Dates: 11-19-07
The following neighborhood organizations that are registered with the City of College Station's
Neighborhood Services have received a courtesy letter of notification of this public hearing:
ADJACENT LAND USES
Direction Comprehensive Plan Zoning Land Use
North Retail Regional/TAMU C-1 and outside City Vacant & Large lot
residential
South Raymond Stotzer& Easterwood -CU Vacant
Easterwood Airport
East Retail Regional C-2 &C-1 Valley Park—office
West Retail Regional & A-O Vacant
Industrial
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
Annexation: 1970, 1982, and 1995
Zoning: 2 parcels were rezoning to M-1 from A-O in 1996 and 2002
Final Plat: unplatted
Site development: Mostly vacant, oil well onsite, one tract developed as
REVIEW CRITERIA
1. Changed or changing conditions in the subject area or the City:
2. Compatibility with the remainder of the Comprehensive Plan:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
SUPPORTING MATERIALS
1. Application
2. Comprehensive Plan Amendment Map
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CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT
FOR
LOT 9 BLOCK 1 GATEWAY PHASE 1 SUBDIVSION (06-00500207)
REQUEST: Floodplain & Streams to Residential Attached
SCALE: 3.27 acres
LOCATION: Lot 9 Block 1 Gateway Phase 1 Subdivsion, located behind Home
Depot
APPLICANT: Robert Todd, agent for the property owner
PROJECT MANAGER: Molly Hitchcock, AICP, Planning Administrator
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December 7, 2006
NOTIFICATIONS
Advertised Commission Hearing Date: 12-07-06
Advertised Council Hearing Dates: 12-14-06
The following neighborhood organizations that are registered with the City of College Station's
Neighborhood Services have received a courtesy letter of notification of this public hearing:
None—no neighborhood association in immediate vicinity.
Property owner notices mailed: 6
Contacts in support: 0
Contacts in opposition: 0
Inquiry contacts: 0
ADJACENT LAND USES
Direction Comprehensive Plan Zoning Land Use
City limits, Burton
North Floodplain &Streams Not applicable Creek, 100-year
floodway
South Floodplain &Streams C-1 Home Depot
and Retail Regional
East Floodplain &Streams C-1 and R-1 Undeveloped
Floodplain &Streams
West and Residential R-4 Gateway Villas
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DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
Annexation: 1971
Zoning: R-1 to C-B (1995); C-B to C-1 (2003)
Final Plat: 1981
Site development: Vacant, with 100-year floodplain and jurisdictional wetlands
REVIEW CRITERIA
1. Changed or changing conditions in the subject area or the City: The applicant has cited
that after the Gateway tract was zoned for commercial, the Gateway Villas (a multi-family
residential project)was allowed to develop on the adjacent tract. While multi-family may be
new in the immediate vicinity, residential has flanked the University Drive corridor for many
years. In the past decade, the University has steadily developed into the commercial city
gateway that it has been planned for.
2. Compatibility with the remainder of the Comprehensive Plan: The Comprehensive Plan
Goals and Objective #5 talks about prohibiting reclamation of floodplain to avoid long term
structural and erosion problems and to provide a city wide network of natural open space.
The plan also mentions development that is compatible with the surrounding environment.
Commercial developments have a higher level of development regulation than do residential
developments. Any development on the subject property will be physically limited by the
100-year floodplain that covers the majority of the tract. While the property is currently
zoned for commercial, there would be significant challenges to developing a commercial
enterprise. With a residential zoning, the property will be easier to develop.
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Section 3.14 of the Comprehensive plan talks about how the Land Use Plan is intended to
provide for on-going quality development in College Station and the surrounding area while
maintaining its environmental and natural qualities. The Plan encourages new development
that is sensitive to existing development, the City's floodplains, and treed areas.
Jurisdictional wetlands were established on the property to mitigate the loss of wetlands with
the development of the gateway regional detention facility.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
For the purpose of establishing and maintaining sound, stable, and desirable development
within the territorial limits of the City by protecting the Floodplain and Streams area and
jurisdictional wetlands to the extent possible, and in the interest of maintaining the last of the
environmental and natural qualities in this area, Staff recommends denial.
SUPPORTING MATERIALS
1. Application
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December 7, 2006