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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMiscellaneous STAFF REPORT Case Na.: 85-100 Applicant: J. W. Haney Request: Rezone from A-P Administrative/Professional to C-l General Commercial. Location: NE corner of the Texas Ave./SH 6 (East By-pass) Physical Features: Area: 4.48 ac Dimensions: F-rontage..: Depth: SEE ENCLOSEU DRAWING Area Zoning: North: East: South: West: A-P A-P (Highway interchange) C-l (across Texas Ave.) Existing Land'Use: Subject tract is vacant. Adjacent tracts vacant. Existing res{dential area 135'north of subject tract. Land Use Plan: Area reflected as office commercial. Engineer ing: Water: 8ttlineon Mile Drive Sewer<: 6' line in Bernadine Estates; maybe inadequate for some uses. Streets: Capacity adequate; access to frontage road and proposed private access easemerit. Flood Plain: N/A Notification: Legal Not ice Pub'licat ion (s).: 12-19-84; 1-9-85 Advertised Commission Hearing Date(s): 1-3~85 Advertised Council Hearing Dates: 1-24--85 Number of Notices Mailed to Property Owners Within 200t: 18 Response Received: Several inquiries as of 12-21-84 Staff Comments: The request does not comply with the land use plan. The request complies with commercial development policies with respect to location at the ttintersection of thorougllf.aresu. The propqsed.C-l area is separated uses by a 135' , A-Pbuffer. area residential TheproposedC-l areahasapproximately250'ofdepth off of thefronta.ge road.. The applicant has submitted a subdivision plat which provides for joint access and development with the a.djacent A-Parea.to the north. The existingzoningisin.compliancewith the land use plan. This zOlling was.establishedinSeptember, 1982. The change was initiated by the City. The current request provides for a C-l/A-Pareawith an access way similar to the C-I/A-P zoning that was established January, 1979. Retention of theA-P zoning would be consistent with the land use plan. Approval of any commercial.. zoning should be madecont ingent upon the filing of the subdivision plat as subnli tted by the applicant. There have been a number of zoning actions on this tract in the past. Copies of previous minutes 'relevant to these actions are included in this packet. P&Z Action:, On January 3, 1985 the Planning and>Zoning Commission approved. 8 motion recommending denial of this request by a vote of 5--0. Cityo(CollegeSfution POST OFFICE BOX gg6() IIC)}. TE::XAS AVENlJE C()LLEGES1"ATION. l~I:XAS 77840.2499 November 20, 1984 Mr. JohnW. Haney Box 724 Huntsville, Texas 77340 RE: Rezo.nlngRequestfor 4.48056 Acre Tract of Land Generally lyIng between Mile Drive, Texas Avenue andSH6 East Bypass Dear Mr. Haney: I anf'~f.in receipt of yourrezonlng request dated November 15, 1984. _ Section l3.B.3of the City of College Station Zoning Ordinance provides that "If a petitlon for rezoning is denied by either the Commission or the City Council, another petition for reclassification of the same property or any portion thereof shall not be filed within a period of one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date of final denial, except with the permission of the Commission or upon initiation by the Commission or City Council." On June 7, 1984, thePlanntng and Zoning Commission considered Case No. 84-110, a rezoning request for a portion of your tract, The Commission denied this request. A copy of. this rezoning request and the minutes of the Commission hear i n9 i.s enc losed. After discussing this case with the City Attorney, it was determined that no request can be filed for this tract until the 180 day time limitation has exp ired .. We will hold your request until December 4, 1984, and file it for considerat'ion by thePlanningandZoningComrnisslonon January 3, 1985. The request will then be forwarded for City Council consideration on January 24, 1985. ~:~~~~ James M.Callaway Assistant Director of Planning '" J~1C/sjv Enc.losures cc: Cathy Locke, City Attorney Al Mayo, DIrector ofPlannTng Dub Brackeen f' '..,;.,~ Peti ti.on vJe, t~eunders;9ned,areopp.osed...to .the rezonIng .of 3.86910 acres south of Bernad;neE~tatesfrom AP (AdministrativeProfessional)toCl (General Commercial). Attachedpleasefindc.:urreptcons idera tJemsof' December, ] 984; Petiti on of May., 1984,; Background Information of May, 1984; and add it iona lcons'iderat ions of May, 1984. 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I ( l' J L../. .. ~: / ,'~' J ~.'\ '1 '/.'.1. . ..~_. ~... ......... II v~ ~ ~ __ '= ,/12 Z A /c O'/'1 C:.i, . 10:2, ~'f)JL, C..j, II ~1a'.l, 1984 We, the.undersigned,areopposedtothe rezoningofa 6 .9 acre tract of land located on<the west side of State Highway 6 (East Bypass) south ofalldadjelcent to the Bernadine Estates Subdividion, from Administrative- Professional District A-Pto General Commercial DistrictC-l. Background infonnationand additional considerations are submitted for your review. ~~MV ~ ~.. .dJ~. ..C!h.. ... ~ -... ...n/%~ fJz - ... ...~.. ~ ,:, --.t;;trL .. ....~...h~~ 7 /' ',." ~1<l,Q ....... ..Ot..... ~ ...._....... .... ..... ........ ----r!P-~~ 0f~~t~ Ad~;S~_VW~ ~ ' / IS- !?Ute!) /2,~ ~ ' It'L. MILE Die. J/$. ;r)1rLe. ~, I~ ~.o C) m~ l;) }2 t /h/~):~r' lib -hu;&/..~, II te, ~7~tdr, //V~~ 4., IO~ WIt/v Q,!. ~29-~/{j~ , j () K Jf1.~.1z .O/f /e'7 7/'1d3,fl -ilY9J1x~~. 1& t{ frIoL'.filQ /1 7 rn A'it,.. iJV;.: //7 rn~J./ ~ ----12. s' ) lith ~'G , l DeceflIber,! 1984 '. -.,... Current .Cons'i derations 1. Traffic considerations continue lobe of great concern to neighbors and the Cityof,CollegeStationas a whole. Accidents in this area were 17" in number for 1983 and are 16 at this present time. We understand that improvements are in the offing, however with such a congested area_ . ~ a commercial zoning (high traffic) would greatly increase the dangers at this area. 2. In rezoning this area we must be acceptable to "any" commercial establishment fitting in the commerciaTcategory. We do not know what is proposed and have found by prior experience thatproposedplansdonot always develop andlandsales change situations. Considering that "any" commercial establishment might be built, we feel that this would not bean acceptable zoning for this area with regard to location and proximity to our homes and their "value considered. 3. l~e feel also.that nthis portion of the land is rezoned commercial, the remainingA--p will soon be requested to be commercial. This would then bring commerciaJrightto our back doors. . A good deal of commercial land is currently already available in the city. 4. l~e respect the political pressures which the City of College Staion 1S under concerning this area. We ask for your consideration in th preservation of our properties and the CityofConege Station. .. ' Hay, 1984 .~ BACKGROUND. INFORMATION 1. ThemaJor,ityof the resident~ on Mile Drive purchased or built .. their homes 8 to 16 years: ago. Five homes have. been built new. We pUl"chasedo.urhomeswith the consideration that the lands bordering our propertfes were R-l. 2. Several times this land was proposed for rezoning. Basicially because theR-lproperty had been sold for conunercial prices and the investors did not wish to lose money. J. In>1978,theland was finally proposed A-Padjacent to our pro- pertie:sandthenconnnercial at the edge. We worked with the developer and agreed upon a "plan" which would be compatible with ourhotnes (similar to the office park behind Culpepper Plaza on Puryear Street). At that <time we asked the City Council' if the rezoning could be contIngent upon the "plan"beingdeveloped as presented,.andiftne "plan" did 'not develop, could the. land revert to R-lzoning. The Council said this could not be d()ne~, Mayor ;&ravenec did,howeyer.. make the rezoning contingent upon; a 25-ft deed-restri.ction set....backand said he would not sign the, rezoning unti.l .t:hissetbackhad been filed at the court11ouse. The "plan" did not develop. In March, 1982,afterth.eland had been re-sold again, the d~ed-restriction set-back was filed and the rezoning concluded. 4. In 1982,HMr. Haney proposed a 24-hour Qonveniencel gas stop · be build on-this site. We did not f eel.. this . . would .. enhanc e our 'neighborhood andpropert:y values,an.ddid not wish to live with this at our back gate. It was also considered to be allrezol1ed C-l so that a prospective lumberyard could be locatedth~re. Consideringth~traffic,existing homes, and history of the land, the City Planning and ZoningConnnission initiated action which resulted iuthe rezoning of the land toA-P. The residence of Mile Drive concurred and supported this action. L'L i , 1 j 0 q ..~ ADDITIONAL .CONSIDERAT.IONS The residents of Mile Drive realize that this land will develop. We are interested in a devleopment whic.h would be compatible with our homes and the.coI1lII1unity as a whole. Please consider; 1. The traffic surrounding this site is, at best, dangerous at this time. Access to this land (considering the by-pass access road to <go. to one-way and. the division of Texas Avenue coming under the intersection-overpass) would rtotbe easily obtained and would not be conducive to a high traffic area .. (e-I) . 2. Due to the limited size of the area. nolargc,facility for COIllDlerd:al USe could be.constructed (with parking area) without coming right up to our back door. J. Asbrought.out. in. the "history" rezoning of this property to C-lwould put us) and the city-, right back where we were several years ago (proposed plan mayor may not develop, and land maybe resold again}. 4. We have contacted the City Planning.officeand they were unable to give us information as to the type of COmmercial structure proposed for this site. 5. We have no information from the Owner of this property as to what is being developed, and are, therefore, unable to address the effect ort our homes with complete understanding. 6. We respect the owner's investment .in this land. However, we ask consideration for our investment also. Our homes ,on the conservative estimate, would well exceed $1,500,000. This is based ()n current. square footage building costs and lot values. This is alsoa.n established. neighborhood with most of us having lived there for 12 to 16 years. 7. As has been brought out in previous city meetings, there is alreadY a considerable amount of land zonedC-l and available in the city of College Station. 8. At present, we get a great deal of noise from trucks and other trafficono the bypass and Texas Avenue. This cannot be changed. We would like to avoid additional noise and/or all~night lights which would exist with a commercial establishment which is open evenings, nights, and weekends. This would detract from the value of Our homes and the living conditions of our neighborhood. These considerati()nsare sUbm.itted in hopes of Feducing tl1e amount oEtime required for presentation in the actualneet:ing.We,as residents, will be present to answer additional questions and ~ive help as we are able at th [iJeeting. If further information. is desired, please feel free to Contact ~s. We feel that A~P. is aJ. air....and...eTuitable '~on. in~z for.~ t.hi. S.."'.. land du..e- t..o. '"'f. '--' tra~ "lC, location, proximity to our homes, and cHvirorunent. Please cO;1sider this request. Thank you for your time anc efforts.