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Home My WebLink AboutCorrespondence D1-61 MITCHELL 4-—01 MM 1: \ 6'5 MORGAN March 26, 2007 Crissy Hartl City of College Station Development Services PO Box 9960 College Station, TX 77840 Re: NTB Buffer Appeal Dear Crissy, As you are aware per Section 7.6.F Minimum Buffer Standards, given that we are a commercially zoned property (C-1) adjacent to an (R-1) piece of property; (1) We are required to have a 15 foot buffer with a wall, (2) We can substitute a solid plant or hedge wall that is greater than 6 feet in height with 100 percent opacity. It must be evergreen and may not be counted toward meeting the buffer planting requirements, or (3) Walls and fences may be omitted if the required buffer yard plantings are tripled. In addition to this, we are required to have the following plantings. We are required to install one — 1 .25 inch caliper non-canopy tree per 15 linear feet of landscaping buffer and one — 2 inch caliper canopy tree per 25 linear feet of landscape buffer We are requesting a waiver to the above requirements on the following basis: • The property adjacent to us that is zoned R-1 is not intended for use as single family per the land use plan • The R-1 property is currently encumbered with floodplain and wetlands areas so it is extremely difficult to reclaim and build on. • We originally requested that this R-1 property be rezoned to A-0 in our original rezoning request in September 2005 (Case File # 05-00500160). We were told by City Staff on 9/12/05 to "Amend proposed A-0 zoning configuration to be 5.0 acres, or staff will support retaining the R-1 zoning that exists. The area is not indicated as a need on the Greenways Priority Map or to have any requirements associated with the Bikeway and Pedestrian Master Plan". We disagreed with this decision because the portion we were trying to rezone to A-0 would never be developed as R-1 . The R-1 zoning that Staff told us to keep has now forced us to comply with ordinance requirements which are much more cumbersome than the A-0 requirements. 511 UNIVERSITY DRIVE EAST,SUITE 204 • COLLEGE STATION,TX 77840• T 979.260.6963• F 979.260.3564 CIVIL ENGINEERING • HYDRAULICS • HYDROLOGY • UTILITIES • STREETS • SITE PLANS • SUBDIVISIONS info@mitchellandmorgan.com • www.mitchellandmorgan.com • We believe the floodplain and wetland areas that encumber the property and make it extremely difficult economically to reclaim are special circumstances that warrant this waiver. • Had we been successful in our A-0 zoning request we would not have been subject to planting: - 161 - Burford Holly - Shrubs - 78 - Southern Waxmyrtles - Non-Canopy Trees - 1 - Chinese Pistache - Canopy Tree - 3 - Southern Live Oak - Canopy Tree - 7 - Cedar Elm - Canopy Tree - 8 - Bald Cypress — Canopy Tree (We have attached a window snapshot of the Landscape Plan already submitted to the City.) • This buffer ordinance was originally written to protect residential properties from the impacts of commercial projects. This situation will never occur on this property. Please et us know if you have any questions or need further information. Since -ly, I AR Veronica J.B. M��gan P. ., C.F.M. Managing Part -r Cc. File Haynes Peery, Pavilion Development CITY OF COTT FGE STATION Planning d•Development Services 1101 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960 College Station, Texas 77842 Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979.764.3496 MEMORANDUM April 13, 2007 TO: Veronica Morgan, Applicant via fax # 979.260.3564 FROM: Crissy Hartl, Staff Planner SUBJECT: 504 EARL RUDDER FWY S. (DRB) — Buffer Appeal Staff reviewed the above-mentioned application as requested. Your project has been scheduled for the next available Design Review Board (DRB) meeting on Friday, April 27, 11:00 a.m. in the City Hall Administrative Conference Room, 1101 Texas Avenue: The agenda and staff report for your project can be accessed at the following web site on Tuesday the week before the DRB meeting. http://www.cstx.gov/home/index.asp?page=31 If you have any questions or need additional information, please call me at 979.764.3570. pc: Haynes Peery — Pavilion Development Group (NTB), via fax #704.552.1159 Case file #07-00500067 TRANSMISSION VERIFICATION REPORT TIME : 04/13/2007 14: 40 NAME : FAX . TEL . SER. # : 000L5J596900 DATE,TIME 04113 14: 39 FAX NO. /NAME 92603564 DURATION 00: 00:15 PAGE(S) 01 RESULT OK MODE STANDARD ECM (*.lr"1" Crre or CoLTEGF SxArioN Planning e Development Senile,, 1101 Texas Avenue, P_O. Box 9960 College Station, Texas 77842 Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979.764.3496 MEMORANDUM April 13, 2007 TO: Veronica Morgan, Applicant via fax # 979.260.3564 FROM: Crissy Hartl, Staff Planner SUBJECT: 504 EARL RUDDER FWY S. (DRB) — Buffer Appeal Staff reviewed the above-mentioned application as requested. Your project has been scheduled for the next available Design Review Board (DRB) meeting on Friday, April 27, 11:00 a.m. in the City Hall Administrative Conference Room, 1101 Texas Avenue: The agenda and staff report for your project can be accessed at the following web site on Tuesday the week before the DRB meeting. http://www.cstx_gov/tome/index.asp?page-31 TRANSMISSION VERIFICATION REPORT TIME : 04/13/2007 14:40 NAME . FAX . TEL . SER. # : 000L5J596800 DATE,TIME 04/13 14: 40 FAX NO./NAME 917045521159-10897# DURATION 00:00:17 PAGE(S) 01 RESULT OK MODE STANDARD ECM y .a CITY or CoLuzc.S rAno Manning C Dcvdopmeut Serni= .•••::• 1101 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960 College Station, Texas 77842 Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979764.3496 MEMORANDUM April 13, 2007 TO: Veronica Morgan, Applicant via fax # 979.260.3564 FROM: Crissy Hart!, Staff Planner SUBJECT: 504 EARL RUDDER FWY S. (DRB) — Buffer Appeal Staff reviewed the above-mentioned application as requested- Your project has been scheduled for the next available Design Review Board (ORB) meeting on Friday, April 27, 11:00 a.m. in the City Hall Administrative Conference Room, 1101 Texas Avenue: The agenda and staff report for your project can be accessed at the following web site on Tuesday the week before the DRB meeting. http://www.cstx.gov/home/index.asp?page=31 . --- - w..