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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report MEETING DATE: CASE NO.: APPLICANT: PROPERTY OWNER• REQUEST: LOCATION: PHYSICAL- FEATURES: ENGINEERING: STAFF REPORT .March 21, 1996 96-701 Total Program Management for CSISD CSISD Conditional Use Permit to allow for the expansion-and renovation of A&M Consolidated High School to take place.. over the next 17 months. 1812 Welsh Area• 40 acres Frontage:. Various dimensions on either side of Welsh and along Nueces and 2818. Depth; Varies AREA ZONING AND LAND U SE: Subject Tract; R-1 Single Family; developed as A&M Consolidated High School North: R-1; developed as low density residential East: R-1; developed as low density residential South: C-1 General. Commercial; vacant but proposed for a shopping center and site of the new College Station Library.. West: R-4 Apartment Buildings/Low Density; vacant LAND USE. PLAN: Public and Institutional Water. ..Sewer: Adequate for proposed use Streets: Flood Plain: This property is partially located within the 100 year floodplain .according to the 1992 FEMA map, Panel No. 48041C0182C. NOTIFICATION: Legal Notice Publication(s): Advertised Commission. Hearing Date(s): Number of Notices Mailed to Property Owners Within 200': Response Received: 3-6-96 3-21-96 . 28 None as of date of staff report STAFF COMMENTS: 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 thecomprehensive 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. The. request is for :extensive renovations and additions to the high school site. There will be several overlapping phases. Renovations and conversions of the existing classrooms, gym, library,.. auditorium, and vocational wing will begin in May of this year and conclude :during the summer of .1:998. Site .improvements such as the addition of several hundred new parking spaces, new tennis courts, and utilities will begin next month and conclude in August of this year. The final phase, .which includes. removal of the temporary buildings, a visitor parking lot,, and the landscaping„ .will begin. in 'January of 1998 and conclude in August of that year. Due to the fact that the. landscaping is not scheduled to be installed until 1998, the applicant has requested that the landscaping be reviewed at a later date. Staff has no problem with this request and the applicant has agreed to meet the landscape requirements that are. in place at the time the landscape plan ` is formally submitted for review. The Commission has the option of reviewing the plan at that time or directing. Staff to ensure compliance with the applicable ordinance requirements. The PRC reviewed the site .plan on March 6, 1996. There. were several minor comments related to missing items that still. need to be met. The main. issues that need to be discussed at .the Commission level relate to a request for a sidewalk variance, driveway variance, and Streetscape standards for the guard rail around the detention pond. The school has budgeted for the improvements-that are listed. above, but were not aware of the sidewalk requirement at the time the cost estimates were .prepared. The. school is requesting a variance to the requirement. Staff has consistently required sidewalks on similar sites, and is therefore recommending that there be sidewalks installed. However, Staff is-also aware of the. fact that the sidewalk requirement would not be required in areas of the site where no expansions are proposed. Therefore we would recommend that there be a sidewalk on at least one side of Welsh along the entire frontage of the school, and that the sidewalk on the west side. of Welsh be waived. The Commission also has .the authority o allow the. sidewalk to' be installed in a later phase (e. some time before August of 1998..) The driveway that is located on the far north side along Nueces technically does. not meet the Driveway Access Ordinance. The minimum distance for the off-set between the driveway and Madera Circle is 125' feet, the actual distance is 60' feet. However, Staff has no problem with this request: due to the. relatively low speed limit on Nueces and because the off-set of the street in relation to the driveway may decrease additional traffic on the cul-de-sac. The detention pond that' is currently shown on the site plan at the intersection of Nueces and FM 2818 is to be reconfigured. If the pond is visible to any of the surrounding streets,. Staff recommends that it be screened or designed to meet Streetscape standards. Staff recommends approval with PRC conditions the change in the sidewalk locations and the driveway variance.