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DATE; M~~ ~, 19$9
CASE NO. ; 8~-$QS APPLI~A~'T;
OVER; 4a~~~i~ Go,
REQUEST; Establish ~ par~n requirement fora riv
p ate dor~mitor~
with ma.~ed commercial and betel uses.
LOOATTON; t~niversit~ Tower, ~ o Teas Aire.
PHYS IOAL FEATURES
Area; appro~imatel~~ acres amain tract acres we
}~ st
par~3n~' aria.
DimenSinns apprdx. 4'~Q' alen~ Teas 300' alon Unix ~ '
~ ~ ~ ~ e~.s1tY~
~~ along Nteadowland and 400' northern propert~r
line {main toyer traet~,
paring a~ee west of Meadowlan~ - ~~~' franta e
with 16~' de th ~
p
AREA ZON~NO AND LAID USE;
Subject Tract.: C°l, current use is Uni~rer~it Iran Mot
No ~ ~ e1
rth. C-1, H~.mptc~n inn
East: G--I, Gay station and bank c~mpl~x
South; ~-U TAMU
west: C-l mixed eom~-e~cial along Universit Dr. ~
~ end
O-°U TA~iU married student housing.
LAND USE PLa~N; area reflected as ~~mmercial where the '
Tower is
loca~e~ and high densi~~~ residential west of
Meadowland where same of the Tower Arkin is
p ~
located.
+ti~iiA.i.iiEE~~L71~i e
water; adequate
Sever; a~.equate
Struts; Te~a~ Aye. and Univ~rsit~ Dr.- ads oats
~ i
Mea~o~land - currently ~~.equate
.Flood Pla~.n:. n~a
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NOTIFIOATION; ~,~,~,
Publis notification not required. '~
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STAFF 0O~1~ENTS
This propcaal has been presented to the Lanni
P n~ staff as a
private dormitory with additional cam~erc~.l uses and s
pace. for
transient ~ueets. As indicated in a letter from Jen Miller dated
~-~1-~~ the....~~Uni~ersity To~~r intends tv shift' its em basis to
the student population at Teas p
A& University, The current plan
is baked vn providing moms ~~ ..,students durin the fall
~ a~a d
springy semesters ~a~h dear.... I~urin aff is l
bneaks. ~ ~ recesses aa~d
. students wll..be allowed to remain on thee remises at
~ an
extra per diem ehare...,During the summer montb.s, it is
Dreysec-Wl~~( ~.~ w~ ~ w,~ p~,,,,,~
contemplated th~:t iJniverst~ T~~rer will ca .
4+ ..ter almost e~cluslvel~r
to transient ~'uesta, Staff ~ understandln ~~.that
cafeteria. facilit ~ undo ~ the
~ ther ~cm~tercial uses gill also he o en to
the public. Currently, several ~`loors 12-1'7 P
~ are unf ir~ished.
This project ddee nct fit clearl i •
~ nto any def~.nit~.ons in our
~onin~ ordindnce. '~~e~efore a p~rkin~ re uirement co
determined. This ite ~ uld not he
m is before you in order to establish a
parking nequi~emsnt fog the f~cilit .
The e~istn Fropert~ has a ro~ral
pp to operate as an apartment
hotel, but staff does nit feel that this ~o'ect
definition due to ~' ~ fats Into that
the lack of at lest l2 living units for
permanent residen~~ all ~~ear round, and due t~ •
the emphasis on
the student populatich. The parking re urem~nt'fo
~ ran apartment
hotel is 1.5 spaces per bedroom knot t~~ex~ee .
~ 3 per unit}.
The Zoning ordinance contains a ar
do P kind req~lrement for
r~~,tories but the definition ~~es not address rivate
dormitories .and d~~~ nat indioa p
e that other commercial uses
might exist. The re~,uire~ent is l space er er
p p son. .
.The number ~f parking _spacee proposed is 450 and ~ '
the applicant is
asking to use the the ~it~r of Austin's re uirement
q of 1 space
per d~ellin~ unit, plus.,..1 space fcr 2 lod ers o
that occupanc of die „ ~ r,tenants. other
~ ll~.n~ unit In speak~.n~ ~vith oit~ of
Austin planners ~t was peint~d out that arkin '
P ~ requirements for
and ccm~ercial uses could be added onto the above re uiremen
~ t.
staff till have a li~~ of other cities •
and their requirement;s for
dcrmitor~r faoilaties at the meetin ,
Attachments:
staff Report
Letter dated 4-~1_~~ from ~~n Miller
Letter dated 4-~8~-8~ frcm Jane ~e
Letter dated 5e4-8~ from ion Miller
Parking s~~opsis frog applicant
Area location l~o.p
schematic Parkir~,~ Layout
Aerial at meeting