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March 13 , :.:19.9.0
Mr. Shiraz Ali Lakhani
President
Four Seasons Realty
PC. Box 2747
Bryan, TX 77805
RE: Conditional use request at 313 A College Main
Dear Mr. Lakhani:
This letter is intended to clarify the procedure that will
be conducted to authorize the proposed use of the property
located at 3.13 A College Main. The owner of the property,
Mr. Syed Hyder has communicated his intention to search .for
a previous site piano We probably have a copy on file.
If you submit the application and site plan to us before
noon, .Friday, March 16, this .item will be reviewed by the
Project Review Commi tee ~PRC} between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m.,
Wednesday, Marche 2l_(the exact time will be determined at
the time ..you submit the application}. The case gill then
proceed tothe Planning and Zoning Commission. Their next
meeting for cases coming into our. offices before this Friday
will be held on Thursday, April 5, at 7:00 p.m.
I have spoken: with. Shirley Volk, Development Coordinator,
and .she said that she had nothing to add to the information
I have given you so far. Please submit thirteen copies of
the site plan (you may disregard the size on the checklist
and choose` an appropriate scale } the fee o f $1.5 0.0 0 , and
.the application to Shirley in the Bui ding Deparment. If
you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call us.
Thank you.
Sincerely,`
Sabine Kuenzel
Planning Assistant
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INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL INVESTMENTS APPRAISALS
March 16~h.,199a
Ms. Ms. Shirley tTalk HAND DELIVERED
Development Coar~dina-tar
'~~ CITY OF COLLEGE NATION
'I Planning Department
P.a. HOx 9960 _
COLLEGE STATIt~N, TX 77042-0960
Dear Ms. vo1k:
Re: Canditianal Die permia - 31~A Old-Ca~l~ Main
Further tc Ms. ~iuenzel's letter of March 13th.®1990, here is the
a:pplicatah _for permit-ta use the premises at 313A Old Calleg~
Main as a community eduaatic~nal, cultural and religious center.
This community comprises about ten families residing in Hryan and
College Station, for a total of .bout 40-men, women and children.
A check far $ 10.00 is also _enc esed.
The thirteen capes af~;,~~the`~'~ "5~.te Plan" s.re also included._ Mr. Ted
Vaughn, the ~rchitee~t~~~ his beon o~.t al l week ~ spring break ~~ and
Mr. Syed Hyd~r, the lard ord., could not l~c~ate his copies of the
plans . Thacopies T am presenting are takch of f your set of
pl ans , and you did .mention that these woul d s~f f ice f or the
moment.
P1ea.se let me know ghat it is that I have to do next; I under-
stand., that the applicant has to be present at the April 5th, at
7.00 p.m. far the Planning and ~c~nia~g Commission meeting.
If I can be of further: help, please call me.
With bind rega`rdsa I am-
Sln erely yours,
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REAItOR
ELECTRICAL: No problems identi.fi~d.
WATER/.SEWER: Na problems- identified.
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Sl}BMIT APPLICATION AND TMIS
~~ LI`ST CHECKED-OFF WITH
10 COPIES OF SITE PLAN FOR REVIEW
OR:S COPIES ~ FILM,POSITIUE
REQU1 RfMENTS FOR SITE PLfiN PROPOSALS
j 1) Sheet size - 24' ~X 36~ ~
2) Title block to include:
'~ a) Project name, 1~ea~ionand legal description
~ b) Name, address :and telephone number of _appl i cant
c) Name, address and telephone number of developer/owner
d} Name, address and fielephone number. of architect%enc~ineer
} Date of submi tta1,`
3) Ownership and currenfi zoning of all abutting parcels,
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4) A keymap (not necessari y to scale}.
5} Scale should be largest standard engineering scale possible on sheet.
6} 0rrent plan with nor h direction to upper left hand corner of sheet.
7) Topography and final grading plan, and other pertinent drainage information.
$) Ai 1 existing streets, drives, bu i 1d i ngs, and wa er courses on or adjacent
to the -proposed project site.
g) Locate 100 year floodplan on or adjacent to the proposed project site.
10) Location and size of existing utilities within or adjacent to the proposed project site.
ii 11} Proposed location, type and size of the following :_
a) Buildings and structures
b) Streets, drives and -curb. cuffs
c) Off-street parking areas wi h parking spaces drawn, tabulated and dimensioned.
d} Sidewalks
e} Landscape-information as required in:Section 11 of the Zoning Ordinance (Ord.No.1638}.
f) Common open space sites
g) Sites for solid waste conta~ers
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h) Proposed s i gnage ...
12} The to a1 number of residential buildings and uniis to-be `constructed on the proposed
project s i to.
_13) The Iota 1 number of bedrooms included i n the proposed project.
14} The density of dwelling units per acre of the: proposed project.
15) The gross square footage of all buildings and` the propo ed use:. of each building.
16~ The_ Iota 1 site area and percent of building coverage of :site.
17) Designate number of parking spaces required by ordinance and provided by proposal.
18} Show dimensions to size and locate all structures, parking spaces, drives, curb cuts,
~_ parking i lands and setbacks.
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THE FOLLOWING ARE TYPICAL STANDARDS FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE OR POLICY:
1) Building separa ion is a minimum of 15 feet.
2) Building sefibacks are out 1 i Wed 'i n Ordinance 16.38, Zoning Ordinance, Tabl e A ~Sec.7, pg 30)
3} Minimum parking space - i s g' x 20' , or on a `.per. meter row:, g-' x 18' w i th a 2 ° overhang .
4} Minimum drive width is 23'' with head-in: parking or 20' without `parking.
5} Landscaped i s 1 ands of 6" ~ ra i sed curb arse located at both ends of each parking row.
' 6} landscaped islands are also located every 15 spaces on interior rows and .every Z0 space
on perimeter rows.
7) A 6" 'ra i-sed curb i s required around a i 1_ edges of a 11 parts of a 11 paved areas w i thou t
exception. (To include islands, planting areas, access ways, dumPster locations, utility
pads, etc,) Curb detail to be approved by City Engineer. No exceptions will be .made for
areas designated as "reserved for future parking''.
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Standards for Plan Development (Continued)
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8} Wheel tops may be required on interior rows longer than l0 spaces or in
special situa ions.
9} Sid'ewalks` area `minimum 4 f t . wide on s i te; ~ f t . wide adjacent to parking
spaces
10} Director of Public Services deter-mines number, size and approves location of
dumpsters.
. l l } Parking i.sl ands are 9'x 20 ~ ; or 180 square feet.
12) Healthy, native trees over 6'' caliper should be retained whenever possible.
13} Curb cuts are determined by City Engineer. Standards are one curb cut for a
site with 125 feet street frontage and two cuts for 250 feet frontage. An
additional 5:00 feet of frontage is needed for each additional-cut. In general,
keep cuts at 1 east 200 feet from major ~ ntersect i ons .
14} See:. Ordnance 1638 Section 11 .'for landscapin re uirements,
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15) f i i f 2 feet in width with a minimum hei ht clearance
Fire Lanes o a rn n mum o 0 g
of 14 feet must be established if any structure of any type-is more 'than
150 feet f ror~ a publ i c street or highway. .
'; lb) Any structure i n any zoning district other than R=1, R-1 A- or _R-2 must be wi th i n
300 feet of a fire hydrant as :measured along a public street or highway.
17) Fire hydrants must be located on the same side of a major street as a project,
~ and shall be in a location approved by the Fire Marshal's office and the Super-
intendent of Water and Sewer.
18} - Off ice or business faci 1 i ties in excess of 5,000 sq. ft. must furnish parking
spaces (minimum size 12' x 20' } designated for use . by .handicapped persons,. on 1 y, , ..:~..._
with ramps with no greater gradient than 1 : l2 and Amin imum -width of 4 feet. ~ ~"
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THE TMA-T~I ~1HN~UNTY' I BYA~N ~ANI~ ~~I,LE~E STATION
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The .first Ismailia in ~ry~.n (and Col l~:ge Station ~ ca-mprsed ~f
st~de~ts going t~ A & M U~.versity -~~bo~t 6} and one family in
early 197Q'~.
At that. time, ark inf~rma gathering used to~b~ held at this
family's ~esdenoe and this ~m~ll co~un~nity was considered a
part of the Houston comm~.nity at large, and even then, the Hous-
e tors- community oo~ld boast rho yore -than 50 members
The real purge in growth came in 197$-1979 when four families
(about 16 r~ew member! roved into-the area. The families oontin-
ued ~o rne~t in~~rmally in rotation ~t-~ diff~erea~t family's resi-
denoe each Friday
only in-early 19Q~, with the donation of a permanent apartment at
an s.partment motel, was a pern~~nent address ~st~blis~~d fob the
cultural -Center (where the oomm~ni~.y still meets tea this day) .
Tn 19Q4~~~, the co~rnunty ids eat po~ul~tion of up to 6Q mem-
bers, and oompri ed of members fr~~n Killeen to Huntsville, in-
cluding Hearne At this time, several efforts were made t~ relo-
cat~ the Cultural center tQ-an altercate, logger site. However,
rents were prohibitive and the matter was put to rest. -
With the downturn it the Texas eoc~nomy in 195 and the following
two years, r~embers cif the c~mmuni~y..:began to heave. Bryan, Hunts-
villa end colle+~ t~.ti~n. Tho community in-1907..gQ dwindled to
abort twenty-five. A~ that time,. th~are was never any re~sor~ for
the Cultural Center tc~ relocate, since the danated facilities
were ~d~qu~.te fore. the size of the community at the time.
~ Loci Ahead
In ~°e-evaLuat~ng the i~u~.tian of the ~r~an and: College station
community at this tame, in .1990, we cap now spy with .some cer-
tai~t~r that. tie potential s~~ of the community will indeed grow.
The economy of Aryan/College Station is once again buoyant
(boastl.hg the lowest unemployment rate - 3.~4 - in the state'and
within the last sip months, we h~.ve seen two families added to
our community. ~lithn the next 'manth or so, we foresee an add-
tional famaly moving Vin, which ~i11 brine the t~t~l members in
the community to about 35.
kith th~s~ farm l ies we-i 1-settled in the Free., with some solid and
long teem investments they have made in the eammuni~y, it is
highly unlil~ely ghat the size Hof the Bryan and college Station
community will over diminish again to the extent that it did in
the mid-Q0's~
We feel that at this time, the rental market i~ right for secur-
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ing fav~r~ble leases fir suitable prem~e~ fer use as cultural
tenter. I~ the mid°-~~'s, t~h~ gdng r~.~e was $~.. ~5 der ~~. ft. per
month. Today, equivaler~~ ~ra-erties can he obtained for' ap~+roxi-
~nately half that.
CVs faresee and increasing r~~mbsrs -of children {bout 8 maximums
in our communt~r, with ~ need far cultural classes and lectures,
and` any new premises we ~novs rota should ~e assigned a certain
area fdr tudies end a-small library where he children- can
experience ~ clas~rQOm~~nvir~r~men~® albeit a ~~ foot square area
would suf f ire
An area for refreshments, and. separate bathrooms for men and
ladies-would else seem app~opriate~
~~ feel that the pre~ises should possess sufficient parking for
at lest 12 ~utom~-bile~ without the fear of traf f is ter interf er-
snce ..with the public. ~dditior~al y, we would require. a ground
f leer locati~r~, a sep~ra~e building where pc~~sible, and within
easy access from both ~~ya~ and ~+~11ege station. We would require
privacy {including privacy f~ncss~ end secluded yep s~.fe. The
locatioh would bs sim.lar to cane ssugh~t far a potential church
ar~d fraternal lodge.
~1e feel we hays just the location,,at ~ pries significantly below
market {+~ompared even with today's low rates). The lc~c~tior~
requires very little c~.pit~l expenditure. ~ partition folding
doer dr a solid wall, to dose off the main hall, would be neces-
s~r~. A partition, folding door will be donated by one donor. ~Ve
are estimating ls.ber ire the range of $ 5(}~ net to include carpet
installation If ~~. solid wall ware desirable, this could be built
but fc~r ~n ad~.itional material and l~.bor cost (total approximate-
ly $~0.C10 additier~al~.
Details on the Loca.ti.~n.
Flans on the location are attached. The building was an' empty
~aarehcuse purc~ia ed by the owner for conversion to an Lndian
Restaurant and ~ Travel Agency. The _Indian Restaurant failed
{because o~_its location., primarily) and was subsequently leased
to a Japanesccowle {for 1,~Qas~p per months who reopened the
location a~ ~ Japanese Restaurant. This tea failed within two
months of opening { again, primarily ~ecauss of its location y .
This.. property is situated amid--churches, f raterr~ities, and uni-
versify related org~.ni~ations and bu~i~esses It is seeluded and
does net s~r~re well for 'the ~ri~ibi~.ity and traff i~ required by
fox' ~ ~esta~ra~t `site. H~~eve~, it serves our purpose for a
C~l~ural tenter perfectly well.
De~cr~ip~tion of the P~°emaaes
Attached are plans ~n the premises.
The physical location is c~11ed the "northgat~ area" of the Teas
A & M U~rivers~ty c~mp~.s. It is ac~ned C-2, ~hioh lends the prem-
ises for uses we desire 4see attached C-1 zoning list of hermit-
ted usage - obtained from the pity of College station ~ . It is
looate~ within a few feet' of the Aryan and Cellege Station city
bo~nd~ry, ar~d may therefore ~~ considered "~centr~.l" .
The landlord does not desire tc~ ~haa~ge the zoning since he may s
wish to re-convert the premises to ~. restaurant if he felt that
the market had improved fir restaurants.
There' is currently' o~- ite parl~ing for 19 au~amobiles and unre-
stricted street parking far an ~.dd~.tienal 1~ autemobiles.
Inside the building, ~vhich his two en~~rances~~xitsv and the .main
entrance 1ead~ into thefo~~r, which-leads to a main hall tabout
2 ~ f ~~~. squire ~ ; f rvm the f dyer, ~ door l ends to a separate
ladies° ~estroom and` separate menus rest~room.
Adj~aining the foyer an additional area, ~.pproximately the size of
the main hall, brol~en rote smaller spaces by existing rally and
built-ins, to be used as c~.assroem, refreshment area, and stor-
ale. The buil ®ir~s, with a sink provide apple storage for plates
f yr refreshments, ~caf f ~~ ~~ppl ies, ete
It is our opinion that the service entrance could also b~ used
'~ for entrance to ahe tenter but this_is not necessar . However
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entry from either the main entrance oR the service entrance is
pc~~sible.
outside, there is ample space for automabile parking and for
people to chat, or visit. witho~.t dist~xrbng the loeal neighbors.
The paring lat is surrounded on two sides by a privacy fence,
with the Lutheran Chapel and Student Center oh the north side,
end some residential units. ors the west `side 4as is the service
e~trance~. To the south of _the propert~r line is a chain-link
f er~ee with a vacant lot ~ the ~~in ; entrance is -lcoated an the
south side cif the bu~.dir~g ~ , and is of no significance. The ,oast
side Eases the street. There is no-entr~nee from the street,
which is ~ gnat advantage. AOres~ this strut ~.re located two
churches: the Lutheran Church and the A~N~ Methodist Church.
Inside the proposed main hall, the outside traffic is barely
audible, aa~d the ha l ~f f ers much in the 'form of ''being q~:iet" in
orde~° to condt~et lectures and ~eot.ings.
The premises shares a ec~mmon will with an adjacent travel agency;
the operating hers of the agency are 8.Ot~ am th~o~.g~ 5.3a p.m.
Monday through Friday, and 8.(~o a~. through 1.4~ p~m. on Sat~r-
days , we feel that ~ will never ha~re any interference from this
business sharing the same building since th+~ community will meet.
~~~ ire the evenings from 7. ~ p.~n. through 1~. ~~ p.m.
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Ms. Sabine Kuenzel
COLLEGE STAT'I~N ~'LANNING ~EFARTMENT
11p0 Texas Avenue South
COLLEGE STATION, Texas ??$4~
Deer Sabine:
~e : 313 A South Col lie 1n A~enu~
Further to o-ur telephone canversatian of yeste-relay, please find
enclosed the material you requested.
The premises will be used for cultural center, tc include racial
gatherings and a main hall that will s~~ve also as a prayer hall.
A background en the Ismaili cammun~y is car~tained in"the materi-
~l.
Normally, the ce~t~r will only open in the ~venings..between 6.30
p.m. and ~3~ ~•m.-with between 5 to 1~ persons an the property.
However, an Friday, being a holy day for the Mualim cammunity at
large, we aff~r special pra~rers, and we may see an attendance of
about 35 ar 4~ persons, depending on visiting lecturers. The
Center will be open, a~:the~e oc~casians, until 9.3Q p.m. The
Center may be open'at any rather ime in ease of special business
at hand ar special meetings.
All meetings, ga~hering~, lectures and business can~ucted an the
premises will be ~~tr~eme y quiet, orderly, and will nbt disturb
the neighborhood or the area. in general. T feel the closest
comparison cane can make would be to compare this Center with a
Churchand a Private-Lodge combined.
I hope this information will be useful to you.
to the Landlord, that he not give. his C-l
presently Z®nn~g established for the preperty.
his C-1. Zoning in permitting this property to
purposes we are intending, he will call off his
us. `
If I can be of further assistance, please call.
With thanks.
It is important,
~oninc~ that i s
If he were to lose
be let for the
negotiations with
You ~ truly,
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M~M~ER 1 7 _~ - -1 51 REALTOR `"'
80 NORTN TEXAS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 274r BRYAN, TEXAS 77805 2747 (409) 778 9