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Home My WebLink AboutMiscellaneousMZINI CIPAL DEVELOPMENT -GROUP 203 Holleman Drive East • College Station, Texas 77840.409-693-5359 • FAX.' 409-693-4243 Engineering, Surveying, Planning and Environmental Consultants •^.: November 12, 1997 Planning and Zoning Commission City of College Station PO Box 9960 College Station, TX 77840 Ladies and Gentlemen: We are submitting our request for zone change on various tracts that comprise the area for the hotel, conference center and related office structure. We propose to close Manuel Drive to vehicular access through the site and to .provide public pedestrian and bicycle access instead. As a part of the development of the hotel /conference center site, we will provide for pedestrian and bicycle access from the Manuel and Crest Street intersection, through the conference center site, to Dartmouth Street. We intend to provide a bns stop area to serve residents using the access way as well as passengers from the conference center site. Manuel Drive appears on the Thoroughfare Plan map as a minor collector street. The area bounded by Holleman, Texas Avenue, Southwest Parkway and Dartmouth is nearing full development. It appears that there is little need for Manuel Drive to continue through to Dartmouth. Manuel's function as a collector street can best be served by its connection through Cornell Street to Southwest Parkway and its direct connection to Texas Avenue. The character of the housing along Manuel is such that we would not want to encourage through vehicular traffic from Texas Avenue to Dartmouth. This traffic pattern would cause Manuel to carry increased traffic through a residential area. The intersection that would result at Dartmouth would occur at an unfavorable location for traffic control and signalization. There is a need for pedestrian access from the end of Manuel to Dartmouth. This would allow residents of the Richards Addition to reach bus service that is available on Dartmouth. 000567-c.03-27(2797) Planning and Zoning Commission Page 2 November 12, 1997 The City staff can recommend. to you whether the change to the Thoroughfare Plan map can be accomplished by resolution, or by mention in your minutes as you consider the zone change request. Should you wish to consider this as a part of the site plan review process, we would like to have some expression of the. sense of the Commission on the change to the Thoroughfare Plan map. Sincerely ~y/ <. o. William F. Koehler WK/tm 000567-c.03-27(2797) ZONING DISTRICT INFORMATION SUMMARY Case #97-118 From R-1 and R-5 to WPC Tract 1 Proposed WPC Wolf Pen .Creek Development Existin R-SA artmentMedium Density g P Corridor PURPOSE: This. district provides land for PURPOSE: This district is designed to development of apartment and condominium encourage development in a predominantly units at medium densities. This district may open .and undeveloped area with. drainage, seine as a transitional zone between erosion and flooding problems. It is designed residential areas and non-residential areas. to encourage the public and. private use of Wolf Pen Creek as an active and passive PERMITTED USES: recreational area while maintaining an I appearance consistent with the Wolf Pen ~ Single family dwellings, built under the Creek .Master Plan. Development should zoning restrictions of District R-lA. enhance and preserve property values in the ~ Corridor. I Duplex dwelling units,. built under the zoning restrictions of District R-2. i pERMITTED USES: Townhouse dwelling units, built under the The following uses are permitted: zoning restrictions of District R-3'. Retail sales & services with no outside storage Apartment(s) and Apartmcntbuildings. of merchandise. Convalescent homes. Personal. services.. Home occupations. Cleaners with no on-premise. cleaning (drop off & pick up only). Dormitories. Professional offices. Parking lots associated with other permitted uses in this district. Financial institutions. Rooming and boarding houses. Photographer's studios. Tract 2 Travel agencies or tourist bureaus. Existing R-1 Single Family Residential: PURPOSE: This district includes lands Art galleries. subdivided for single family residential ses and associated uses:. This district is P Music or dance studios. designed to provide sufficient, suitable residential neighborhoods, protected from Restaurants. incompatible uses, provided with necessary facilities and services. Hotels/motels. PERMITTED USES: Night clubs, taverns, bars. Single family dwellings.. Theaters or motion picture houses. Home occupations. Arenas or coliseums. Apartments built under the restrictions of the R-6 zone. Other uses magbe allowed as conditional uses by the Planning & Zoning Commission upon recommendation by he Design Review Board. I -; ti,- i i r- .I t„,Y ~~i~~ u 'Regular.ltem Consent Item Statutory Item Item Submitted By: Sabine McCully, Senior Planner` For Council Meeting Of: January 7, 1998 Director Approval: City Manager Approval: Item: Public hearing and consideration of a rezoning of 1) Tract 1: Lot 2 of Holleman Place Subdivisioq approximately 62 acres and 2) Tract 2: 2.4 acres oa the west side of Dartmouth, 4l)0' south of Holleman Drive, from R-5 and R 1 to WPC. `(97-118) Item Summary: The request: will result in a total site of 15 acres to be devoted to the proposed HoteUConference Center Site. The western portionof Lot 2 of Holleman Place is the site of the new Fire Department building. Area uses include a vacant C-1 lot to the west of Lot. 2, vacant WPC. zoning across Hollemaq the Wolf Pen Creek Park across Dartmouth, and Jefferson Ridge Apartments to the south of the 2.4 acre tract. The Conference Center site is L-shaped and will be adjacent to developed single family, duplex, and fourplex development to the west. and to the south. Lot 2 was platted with a 15' visual screening easement to help buffer the. present R-S zoning from existing R l uses across Richards... The WPC designation includes site plan review by the Design Review Boazd and the Planning and Zoning Commission to ensure compatibility with surrounding uses and with the Park, The applicant is also requesting' a deviation from the Thoroughfare Plan. so that .Manuel Drive: will not continue thmugh the subject property. While the issue is not related to the rezoning of the pmperly, the applicant is requesting that the question be addressed at this time in order to prepare site plans in a more timely fashion. The purpose: of the extension is to allow access through the subject tract to the bus routes along Dartmouth and for access to the. park, but also for. additional vehiculaz access back to Texas Avenue. The extension will impact the usability of the site area and may negatively impact the residential area that exists along that road. The applicant is proposing to allow pedestrian and vehicle access Policy Issue Statement: Civic Pride -Citizens benefit from well-planned, attractive residential and oommenial areas, and from. preserving historic areas. Emaloyment and Prosaerity -Citizens benefit from an environment that is conducive to providing diverse employment opportunities. o:~roup~dev~e salcvahtyaa7~97-118.doc COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS -Economic Development Goals: Objective 1.4 College Station should continue to promote tourism and convention business...Objective 1.5 ...encourage compatible uses to complement the University...Objective 2.3 ...attract new industries and .developments... Item Background: The Wolf Pen Creek location was chosen for the proposed Hotel and Conference Center project. On December l1, 1.997, Council established a Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone that included the subject property. Budgetary & Financial Summary: There are no financial impacts resulting from this rezoning action alone. Financial impacts were considered. as part of the Reinvestment Zone considerations.. Staff .Recommendations: The requested; rezoning is compatible with the surrounding existing and planned uses. Staff recommends approval. Related Advisory Board Recommendations: The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval by a unanimous vote. The Commission also voted to allow the deviation from the Thoroughfare Plan and allow Manuel to dead-end into the subject property. Council Action Options:. Approval, .approval with conditions, table, defer action to a specified date, or denial without prejudice, or denial of the request. Staff is also seeking direction regarding the Manuel Drive extension. Supporting Materials: 1. Location Map 2. Applications (2) 3. Letter from the applicant 4. Engineering and Notification Information 5. P&Z minutes - 12-4-97 6. Ordinance i