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STAFF REPORT
Case No.:
85-105
Applicant: College Station Business
Center, Ltd.
Request: Rezone from C-l General Commercial to C-2 Commercial
Industrial.
Location: 1501 F.M. 2818 (College Station Business Center, NW
corner of the intersection of F.M 2818 and Longmire Dr.)
Physical Features:
Area: 5.21 ac.
Dimensions: approx.
Frontage: approx:
Depth:
640' X 418' X 460' X 434'
640' along Longmire; 418 along 2818;
460' along Valley View Drive
460' to 640' off of 2818; 418' off of Longmire
Area Zoning:
North:
East:
South:
West:
R-6 (across Valley View Dr.)
C-l (across Longmire Dr.)
C-l (across F.M. 2818)
R-6
Existing Land Use:
Subject tract is developed as an office/warehouse/retail
facility. Commercial use (K-mart center) to the east,
across Longmire. Commercial and vacant to the south, across
2818. Apartments adjacent to the west. Apartments to the
north, across Valley View.
Land Use Plan:
Area is reflected as commercial on the land use plan.
Engineering:
Water: Adequate
Sewer: Adequate
Streets: Adequate, access through existing driveways;
existing driveway widths and radii make maneuvering
large trucks into the site difficult.
Flood Plain: N/A
Notification:
Legal Notice Publication(s): 2-19-86, 3-12-86
Advertised Commission Hearing Date(s): 3-6-86
Advertised Council Hearing Dates: 3-27-86
Number of Notices Mailed to Property Owners Within 200': 4
Response Received: none as of 2-26-86
Staff Comments:
This tract is located in an area reflected as commercial on
the land use plan. The plan does not differentiate between
C-2 or C-l zoning. Some C-2 uses would be more appropriate
in areas planned for industrial uses, others would be
appropriate in areas planned for commercial uses.
This tract is developed with office/showroom/warehouse lease
space. The zoning official has advised that several
potential tenants have not been able to locate in this
facility as C-l uses. Several building permit or utility
connection requests have been denied to applicants in this
center in the past.
The C-2 zoning district is intended to provide locations for
users offering goods and services primarily to other
commercial and industrial enterprises as well as a limited
segment of the general public. The office/warehouse design
of the project located on the subject tract is attractive to
various C-2 uses.
This tract is adjacent to an existing apartment project.
Staff has some concern with respect to locating a
C-2 zoning district adjacent to any type of residential
area. Review of the City's plan, policies, and previous
zoning action in locating C-2 district areas provides the
following:
1. The residential development policies included in
the plan recommend the use of multi-family
developments as buffers around intensive
developments. The adjacent apartments are high
density in nature, located in an R-6 zoning
district. The R-6 zoning district is the City's
highest density multi-family zoning district and
as such should be suitable as an appropriate use
adjacent to any of the City's C- level zoning
districts.
2. C-2 zoning districts have been established
adjacent to multi-family districts in the
area south of Southwood Valley.
The existing development on this site should serve to limit
outdoor activities which might be permitted in the C-2
district and might not be appropriate in this location.
Most of the site is encumbered by buildings, fire lanes, and
parking spaces required by ordinance.
Staff Report Case 86-105
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