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Item: Consideration of a REZONING for 1.105 & 1107 WELLBORN ROAD located
on the east. side.: of Wellborn Road and south of the Wellborn Road / Holleman Drive
intersection. (99--111)
Applicant: Lucille Young
Item Summary: This request involves two .lots that together total about one quarter acre
in size. Each lot is 35-.feet wide and 150' feet deep.. The lots front Wellborn Road and
were subdivided years ago. They sit just outh and adjacent to existing C-1 general
commercial property developed as storage buildings.
The Land Use Plan shows this area-for high-density single family development.
The; property in question has a small house near the back but the Utility Department shows
no occupancy at present.
Area land uses consist of existing storage buildings at the corner of Holleman and
Wellborn, a shirt manufacturing business located to the .east, vacant property adjacent Ito
the south and scattered residential to the south with an established. single family
neighborhood somewhat further to the south along Southland Street.
Development policies provide that commercial development at major intersections is
appropriate but that strip commercial should be avoided. There. is commercial at the
intersection and had these two lots been incorporated'into that property at the time of
development commercial zoning could have been supported.. To rezone these two small
lots along Wellborn Road with only 70 feet of frontage and 150 feet of depth has
characteristics of pot zoning..
The. request is not in compliance with he land use plan, although it is not incompatible
with some surrounding uses. These lots are part ofan area that is surrounded by
commercial and residential land uses. Before..: any more commercial zoning is considered
in this area, consolidation of larger properties should occur.. This. will enable better
planning for development and access onto. Wellborn Road. This will not guarantee that
commercial zoning is the most appropriate, however. Because of the existing: single family
development on Southland there needs to be some transition zoning between these homes
and the commercial. and industrial at the. Holleman/Wellborn corner.
Staff Recommendations: Staffrecommends denial.
Related Advisory Board Recommendations; Not applicable
Commission Action Options: The Commission- acts as a recommending body. on the
question of rezoning, .which will be ultimately decided by City Council. The Commission
options are.. to recommend approval. of rezoning as submitted, recommend approval `with
physical conditions that will mitigate negative impacts,. recommend a less intense zoning
.classification, :recommend denial, table indefinitely, or deferaction to a specified date.
Infrastructure and. Facilities:
Water: 12" line exists along Wellborn Road
Sewer: 6"'line .exists .along Wellborn
Streets: Frontage. on Wellborn Road
Flood Plain: None on property
Notification:.
Legal Notice Publication(s): The Eagle; 4-21-99
Advertised Commission Hearing bates(s): 5-6-99
Advertised Council Hearing Dates: 5-27-99
Number of Notices. Mailed to Property Owners Within 200': 10
Response .Received: None: as of date of staff report
Supporting Materials:.
1. Location Map
2. Application