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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff ReportMEETING DATE: CASE NO. c APPLICANT: PROPERTY OWNER: REQUEST: LOCATION: PHYSICAL FEATURES: STAFF REPORT September 21, 1995 95-709 City of College Station City of College Station. Conditional Use Permit to allow the construction of a new fire station On the south side of Holleman Drive west of the Dartmouth. intersection Area: l.9 acres Dimensions: '200' X 400' Frontage: 200' along Holleman and 200' along Richards. Depth: 400 AREA ZONING AND LAND USE: Subject Tract:. R-5 Apartments/Medium .Density; vacant North: WPC Wolf .Pen Creek; vacant .East: 'R-S; vacant South; R-1 Single Family; developed as low density residential West: R-5; vacant LAND USE PLAN: 'Low density residential ENGINEERING: Water: Sewer: Streets: Flood. Plain:. Will. be reviewed as a part of the site plan NOTIFICATION: Legal. Notice Publication(s):. Advertised Commission Hearing Date(s): Number of Notices Mailed to Property Owners Within.200.': Response .Received: STAFF COMMENTS: 9-21-95 16 One inquiry as of date of staff report Conditional use :permits are granted by the Commission, subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, when the Commission finds: ~. A. That the proposed use meets. all the minimum standards established in the Zoning Ordinance for this type of use; B. That the. proposed use. is in harmony with the. purpose and intent of the zoning ordinance and the plan .for physical development of the district as embodied in the comprehensive plan for the development of the .City; C. That the proposed use will not be detrimental to the health, welfare, and safety of the surrounding .neighborhood or its occupants, nor be substantially or permanently injurious to neighboring property. (See sec. 14, Ordinance 1638) This is a request for he use .only... If this. permit is approved, the City will continue with preparation of the site plan, which will return to .the Commission for final approval. The property was recently rezoned from C-1 General Commercial to R-5. The request for R 5 was approved due to the fact that R-5 is considered more compatible with the R-1 to the south than the C-1 would have been. The City has submitted a conceptual site plan for the purposes of receiving input from the Commission. The proposed layout shows a building located .around the center of the property: with emergency vehicles entering and exiting. using two access drives off of Holleman. The plan shows a third access point onto Richards Street for secondary employee access. The subdivision.... plat shows a 15' visual screening buffer that is planned to be maintained and increased o protect most of the existing wooded area within the first 60 ` of the lot on the residential side. The buffer area will serve to screen the fire station from the houses located along Richards. The' Fire Department is .also seeking'... a variance to the driveway spacing requirements. If only ;one driveway were proposed off of Holleman it :would meet .the ordinance. However, the need for an exclusive emergency vehicle .drive creates the necessity of a second drive. that does not technically meet :the spacing requirements. of the Driveway Ordinance. Due to the fact that this easterly drive will act as an emergency exit for emergency vehicles only, there should not be a conflict except. during times of emergency., when traffic on Holleman will be stopped. Staff therefore recommends approval' of the variance. September 8, 1995 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: RE: Conditional Use Permit request for .College Station Fire Station #1 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING This is to notify you that the City of College Station has received an application requesting a conditional use permit for the following property: Applicant: Brett McCully, City of College Station .Subject Property: Proposed Fire Station #1 Lot 2 of the Holleman Place Subdivision (See enclosed map.) Proposed Use: Allow the construction of a new public fire station facility. The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a .public hearing to consider the above mentioned request on Thursday, September. 21, 1995 at 7:00 P.M. in the City Hall Council Room located at 1101 Texas Avenue South, College Station, Texas. All property owners within 200 feet of the subject property-have received notification of this request. Any request for sign interpretive services for the hearing impaired :must be made 48 hours before the meeting. To make arrangements call (409). 764-3547 or (TDD) 1-800-735- 2989. For additional information, please contact the Planning Office at (409) 764-3570. Sabine Kuenzel Senior Planner MEETING DATE: CASE NO. APPLICANT: PROPERTY OWNER• REQUEST: LOCATION: PHYSICAL FEATURES: .STAFF REPORT December. 7, 1995 95-709 City of College Station .City of College Station Conditional Use Permit (site plan) to allow .the construction of a new fire station On the south side of Holleman Drive west of the Dartmouth. intersection Area• 1.9 acres Dimensions: 210' X 398' Frontage: 2L0' along Holleman and 210' along Richards Depth:. 398' AREA ZONING AND LAND U SE: Subject Tract: R-5 Apartments/Mediumbensity; vacant North: WPC Wolf Pen Creek; vacant East:. R-5; vacant South: R-1 Single Family; developed as low density residential West: C-l vacant LAND USE PLAN: Low density residential ENGINEERING: Water: Water is adequate Sewer: Sewer will be,extended west via an 8" line across the front of the property (currently there is 15" sewer line that traverses all of Lot 2 that will be tapped.) The Lloyds' Resources' .property abutting the subject property to the west is being .declared. an "end user" of the sewer line and .therefore. will. share in the cost of this extension when that lot develops. .Streets:.... Holleman is a minor arterial and Richards is a local street. Access will. be limited to Holleman. Flood Plain: None NOTIFICATION: Legal Notice Publication(s):. Advertised CommssioaHearing Date(s): Number of Notices Mailed o Property Owners Within 200': 12=7-95 16 Response Received: STAFF COMMENTS::. One inquiry as of date of staff report Conditional use permits are granted by the Commission, subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards,. when the Commission finds: A. That the proposed use meets all the minimum standards. established in the Zoning Ordinance forthis type of use; B. That the. proposed use is in harmony with the .purpose and intent of the zoning ordinance and. the plan for physical development of the district as embodied in the comprehensive plan for the development of the City; C. That the proposed use will. not be detrimental to the health, welfare, and .safety of the surrounding neighborhood or its occupants, nor be substantially or permanently injurious to. neighboring property. (See sec. 14, Ordinance 1638) The. property was recently rezoned from C-1 General Commercial to R-S. Thexequest for R-S was approved due to the fact that R-5 is considered more compatible with the R-1 to the south. than the C-1 would have been. In September of this year, the Commission approved a Conditional Use Permitfor the use of this property as a fire station, and approved a conceptual. plan showing a building located around the center of the property with emergency vehicles `entering and exiting using two access drives off. of Holleman. The plan showed a third access. point onto Richards Street for secondary employee access.-.this drive was approved but the applicant no longer wishes to access Richards. Approval of the conceptual plan was conditioned on all setbacks as required in the Zoning Ordinance. The site plan as submitted is a refinement' of the conceptual plan (minus the one drive onto Richard's Street.) The plan maintains the I5' buffer area that was discussed during the rezoning to R-5; it also: shows a 60' area with no structures to help maintain a buffer area between the fire statiomand the single family development to the south. The PRC :met on November. 29 to review the technical aspects of the site plan. There were some minor adjustments required. 'At this time, the calculations for the..detention pond are not complete. It is possible that the detention pond could be located anywhere on site, but the applicant has chosen not to put detention along the front. of the site. The PNZ and the PRC' have the discretion at the time of site plan>approval to require screening of "offensive" areas :and the PRC has exercised this discretion on other sites where detention. ponds are located on the front of sites. Staff recommends approval with the condition that the detention not be located in the front.