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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff ReportSTAFF .REPORT Case No.: 96-T07 Request: Rezoning of 34.1 acres located east of Highway 6 and south of Sebesta Road, from R-1 Single Family residential and A-O Agricultural Open to R&D Research and Development. Applicant: City-initiated ZONING AND LAND USE Subject Tract: R-1 and A-O; vacant North: C-1 General Commercial; vacant East: A-O; vacant South: R-1; developed as Emerald Forest Subdivision West: R-l; vacant Proposed Use: Research and development park COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Land Use Plan: Currently, the Land Use Plan is in transition for the area. The planning. consultants have studied the .area and have met .with the homeowners groups. They are indicating that mixed use for the intersection to the west of the subject tract and .light industrial for the subject property may be acceptable. The Land Use Plan that is in effect for the area shown some office and low density residential. Thoroughfare Plan: Sebesta Road is reflected as a collector and there are no street connections shown through the. subject tract. Development Policies: The request. meets development policies of planned industrial being compatible with residential uses if appropriate performance criteria such. as buffering, height control, and noise and light controls are in place. The new R&D ordinance contains these standards. Parkland Dedication: None required ENGINEERING Water -Water is not provided to these areas. It will have to be extended in accordance. with the utility master .plan when these properties are platted and developed. Sewer -Sewer is not provided to these areas.. It will have to be extended when the area is platted and developed. Streets -Frontage for these properties is on Sebesta Road. However, it has been agreed that- access will be taken through and access road extending from the Bypass frontage road to the subject tracts. Drainage -Drainage is currently overland and will be addressed with the platting and development of the property. Flood Plain - A floodplain analysis does not have to be performed on this property per FEMA. This property is not located in the 100-year floodplain. NOTIFICATION: Legal Notice Publication(s): 5-22-96 Advertised Commission HearingDate(s): 6-6-96 Advertised Council Hearing Dates:- 6-27-96 Number of Notices Mailed to Property .Owners Within 200'.: 69 Response. Received: None as of date of staff report ITEM SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION In February of this year, the subject property was_rezoned to M-1 Planned Industrial with the condition .that deed restrictions be filed, making the City a party to the subdivision plat. This condition was imposed due to the fact that the applicant, .the area homeowners (East-Bypass Coalition members), .and the City had reached agreement on a number of different conditions and restrictions under which the property was to develop as a light industrial use. Those restrictions. have not yet been. filed.. The applicant has chosen to wait until creation of the. new R&D district,' because it is the preference. of all parties concerned that the. area be zoned R&D rather than have the City become an enforcer of deed restrictions. When Council approved the conditional M-1 zoning, it was with the understanding. that as soon as the R&D becomes available, the. property would become R&D. At the May 23 meeting, Council approved the new R&D 'district. Staff recommends approval.