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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report STAFF REPORT Case No.: Request: 93-101 City Initiated Rezoning of the Graham Road Industrial Area annexedqin 1992, to rezone 13.51 acres from A-() Agricultural Open to M-IPlanned Industrial and 32.()3 acres from A-O to M- 2 Heavy Industrial PHYSICAL FEATURES Location: Properties located along the north and south sides of Graham Road 45.54 acres Subject..Tracts: North: East: South: West: Interim A-O InterimA-O Edelweiss Master Plan - vacallt OlltsideCityLimits Outside City Limits OlltsideCity Limits COMPREHENSIVE .PLAN Land Use Plan: NA.Thisarea was outside .. the City limits and beyond theplanningareaattheti11ne of the Comprehensive Plan . development. The MasterPlan of Edelweiss Estates anticipated continued industrial development of the Graham Road area. Thoroughfare Plan: South Graham is shown as a collector. Victoria is shown as a minor arterial to connect from Rock Prairie to Graham through;this area. Development Policies: No conflict with existing land uses. MasterPlan adjacent tathe north anticipated industrial uses along GrahaIn and proposed .appropriate buffers. ENGINEERING Sewer: Water is cl1rrentlyprovided to this area by Wellborn WaterSllpply. The City Is working on construction plans for a waterline to provide service to this area. This.area currently. does. not have pu bIte. sewer service. .TheCity is working on <construction plans and specifications<fora.sewerline to .serve.this area and beyond.. This area is affected: by the recently adopted "impact fees" for the Graham Road area. This area fronts on Graham Road which was recently reblliltbythe County. N/A Water: NOTIFICATION: Legal NoticePublieation(sJ:January 20,1993 and February 10, 1993 AdvertisedColl1missionHearingDate( s):Fe bruary..4 ,1993 Advertised Council Hearing Dates: FebrLlary 25, 1993 Numberof.N()ticesMailedto Property Owners Within. 200" - 1 7 ResponseReceived:N one. to date S1'AFF'COMMENl'S I . RECOMMENDATIONS Thistezoningfollows the annexation last year of this area. Thesta1I is recommending zoning .dclassifications . consistent with . existingclnd plann~dusesforthearea.The twopropertiesfrontingonW ellbornRoad are being. recommended forM-1 Planned Industrialzoningrathertllan M-2Heavy Industrial zoning due to their location on a major arte]jal. This roadway is planned to some day extend from Greerts Prairie Road tieing into 2818 andSH 60 and on to the proposedSH47.Itwillactas anentryway providing access from the south throLlgh the western part of the City. The M-l. districtptovides locations for projects designed . with . aesthetic appeal and provides for . review of not only site.. design ... but building facades,. materials, ........ lighting. . and ..other.. .architectural. aspects. It is intended to be compatible with any other zoning district.. .The ]\11-2 district. doesn()tprovidefor ... such review other than site design and provides 10cationsforindLlstries with possible nLlisancecharacteristics. It. is not intended to be compatible with lower intensity land uses or residentiallalld uses.