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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff ReportSTAFF REPORT Item: Public .hearing and consideration of a rezoning for the property located at 2000 FM 158, the northwest corner of FM 158. and State Highway 30, from- A-O Agricultural. Open to C-1 General Commercial {99-116) Applicant: Mrs. Leonard McDonald Item Summary.: The Land Use Plan shows the entire area bound by Highway 30, Highway 158, Highway. 60, and the former TI property as .Rural Density Residential. Recent rezoning discussions for property in this area of the City have revealed changes in the area that are pending in the: near future, including a proposed medical office/residential subdivision in Bryan north of Highway 60 and a TXDOT widening. project: for Highway 158. Zoning practices. would support varying from the .Land Use Plan when changes. have occurred in the area. and the requested. land uses would be compatible- with the changing :character of the area. The subject property is located at the. immediate. intersection of Highway 158 and Highway 30, both of which are considered major arterials. The. City's. development policies embodied in the Comprehensive.. Plan. support. commercial land uses located. at intersections. of major roadways. Highways 158 and 60 are the boundary between the Bryan and College Station Extra territorial Jurisdications (ETJ's). As such, the City of Bryan may annex property north of Highway b0 and east of Highway 15:8. Due to the fact that these. areas: are within Bryan's and. not College Station's ETJ, .College Station cannot. grow into them. Thee. area to he east of 15.8 will either remain in Bryan's ETJ or be annexed into Bryan's city limits. That area is currently included in Bryan's annexation plans. Bryan does not have. a proposedland use: plan for this area yet. If the eastside of 158 between Highways 60 and 30 becomes annexed, then it will be placed in an interim zoning and land use classification until the City of Bryan conducts' a land: use study to refine the ultimate land uses.. Similarly, the City of College Station has yet to refine its Land Use Plan relative. to the area currently shown as rural density residential. The area is largely undeveloped and therefore. the utilities are inadequate to most of the tracts, including the subject tract. It is likely that most of the strip between Highways 60 and 30 will develop as some type of commercial, comrnerciaUindustrial, or light industrial. Highway 158 provides. and entrance into both College Station and Bryan,. and may therefore.. be a candidate for special land- use classifications with perhaps an overlay district to promote an aesthetically pleasing corridor. Such efforts would need to be coordinated with the City of Bryan in-order to be most effective. At this time,. Staff is reluctant to recommend approval of an intense commercial. district that has a broad range: of potential uses that may or may not fit. with the future development of the corridor, such as mobile home sales, storage, warehousing, and even nightclubs and sexually oriented enterprises. Further, the .requested C-1 district does not. limit outside. storage or display of merchandise, nor does it include height limits. or buffer requirements. The area to the north and west of the subject property could stih develop as residential in the future. The C-B zoning district with adequate buffering and height restrictions. would be preferable to the. G1 in this area because it would limit the potential land uses to ones. that are less likely to negatively effect future plans for J:~PZTEX11PZ01380.DOC the corridor and because-it would provide a higher level of protection to potential future residential areas.. Item Background: The subject. property .come into .the City's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in 1979, at which. time it became subject to compliance with the City's Subdivision Regulations. It is undetermined at thin time whether the property existed. in its current configuration prior to 1979. In order for the :property. to be exempt from meeting subdivision requirements, evidence of its boundaries prior to its presence in the ETJ must be submitted and verified by Staff. The property was annexed into the-City limits in 198.0 and has been zoned A-0 since that time.. Budgetary & Financial Summary: Oversize> participation. requests are likely to be requested if the: property is required to plat. The City's Subdivision Regulations require public water and sewer extensions. to and through properties and that. they be sized such that future development can tie on to the roes. Staff Recommendations: Staff recommends denial of the C-1 :and approval of a £-B .with the condition that height be restricted to the R 1 height: restriction and with the condition that there be a buffer easement along the. western and northern. property lines that meets R&D requirements. Related Advisory Board Recommendations: N/A 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 defer action to a specified date. Supporting. Materials: 1. Location Map 2. Application 3. Infrastructure and Facilities a J:tPZTEXT~PZ01380.DOC INFRASTRUCTURE AND .FACILITIES Water: Water is available. to the property by way of a 12" line` in Highway 30. Upon platting, this line will need to extend along the 158 frontage. Sewer.: Sewer is available to the property by way of a 6" line across Highway 30 that will need to be brought under 30 upon .development of the property. Sewer will may to be extended across the Highway 158 frontage upon platting. .Streets: Highways 30 and 158, both major arterials, will provide access to the property. The. site has 210' of frontage along 158 and 630' of frontage along. 30. Off-site Easements: N/A Drainage: Compliance with the City's Drainage Ordinance will be required at the time of site plan. Flood Plain: None Oversize. request: See Budgetary and Financial Summary Section. Impact Fees:: None in this area NOTIFICATION: Legal Notice Publication(s): The Eagle;. 5-5-99 and x-rcaL-99 Advertised Commission Hearing. Dates(s): 5-20-99 Advertised Council Hearing Dates:. 6-10-99 Number of Notices. Mailed to Property Owners Within. 200':. 8 Response Received: None as of date of staff report JaPZTEX11PZ01380.DOC