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STAFF REPORT
Case No. • 94-108
Request: Rezoning from C-2 to R-5
'I Applicant: Bdward Uvacek, Jr.
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PHYSICAL FEATURES
II Location: Approximately 650' east of the :State Highway 6 Right of Way an
the south side of RockPraine Road
Area: 17.33 acres
..Dimensions: Approximately 950' of frontage on Rock Prairie Road with a
depth of approximately 470'
No.'Lats: One unplatted tract
ZONING AND LAND. USE
Subject Tract: C-2 CommereiallIndustrial; currently vacant
North: C-1, A-O, and C-3 Planned Commercial across Rock Prairie Road;.
currently vacant
East:. A-P Administrative/Professional; currently vacant
South: A-P Administrative/Professional; .currently vacant
West: C-2; currently vacant
Proposed User Apartment complex
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Land Use. Plan:. Medium density residential
Thoroughfare Plan: Rock'Prame Road is reflected as a minor arterial
Development Policies: Commercial at intersections with "step down zoning"
concepts
Parkland-Dedication: Wili be required at time of building permit
..ENGINEERING
Water: Wili need system'extension with platting process
Sewer: Wiil need system extension with: platting process
cess from Rock Prame
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treets: Sufficie
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Drainage: Will meet Drainage Ordinance through platting process:
Flood Plain: N/A
Oversize Request: N/A
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vements: N
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Easement Dedications: N/A
Sidewalks: Will be handled through platting process
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NOTIFICATION:
Legal Notice Publication(s):
Advertised Commission Hearing Date(s): 4-7-94
Advertised Council Hearing Dates: 4-28-94
Number. of Notices Mailed to Property Owners. Within 200':..15
Response Received: None as of date of staff report
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~~ STAFF COMMENTS % RECOMMENDATIONS
i The subjectproperty was rezoned in :1986 from Agriculture/Open Space to the current G
i 2 designation. The C-2 tract located to the west of the subject property and the A-P tract
to the east and south were included in the originalrequest. At the time: of the public
hearing, staff pointed out hat the Land Use Plan reflected this property as medium density
residential, .and that .the request for the subject. property.was not in compliance with the
w commercial zoning near the Highway 6
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Plan. The intent of the Plan s
intersection and to buffer the residential zoning to the south and. east through step down
zoning. The request pushed commercial use.. further away from the intersection than
would be desirable under the Comprehensive Pian: As a compromise solution, the.
applicant offered the A-P tract to the east and south as a bufferzone.
f the C-2 and maintains that the R-5 designation that is
Staff had recommended denial o
now requested would be preferable to the current zoning. R-5 would'be a better reflection
ment olic re aiding
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~ of the Land Use Plan and. would meet. the recommend p P
land use patterns along major. roadways.
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