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Item Submitted By:
Molly Hitchcock, Staff Planner
Council Meeting Date:
Director Approval:
City Manager Approval:
Item: Public hearing, discussion, and possible action on a rezoning for 1000 Southwest Parkway East from
A-P Administrative Professional to C-1 General Commercial.
Item Summary: The applicant is requesting the rezoning in order to prepare the property for future
commercial development. This 3.24 acre tract is proposed to become part of a larger shopping center
project with the abutting 7.223 acre C-1 property on the corner of Southwest Parkway and Earl Rudder
Freeway, east of the subject tract.
With C-1 zoning, the applicant would have a large amount of flexibility in the development of the land. It
could develop as a number of commercial businesses, from offices to mobile home sales. To the west of
the subject property is an office building in an A-P Administrative Professional district. The subject tract
also abuts developed R-5 Apartment/Medium Density and undeveloped land that is still in an R-1 Single
Family Residential holding district.
Comprehensive Plan Considerations: The Land Use Plan designates this area as Office. From the R-5
area to the west, moving east, the Land Use Plan shows Residential Attached, Institutional (an existing
church), Office (including the subject tract), and Retail Regional. This use pattern follows the
recommendation of the 2818 Extension Study, which was approved by the City Council in 1992, before our
current buffer ordinance came into effect. Along Southwest Parkway, land uses were to be the most
intense at the intersections with Texas and the freeway, with a gradual decrease of use intensity from
Texas to an R-1 core, and then a gradual increase of use intensity up to the intersection with the freeway.
Land to the south is planned for Mixed Use. This land use pattern is intended to buffer properties,
especially residential, from incompatible land uses. If the subject property were to become C-1, then
intense uses would abut residential to the west and possibly to the south.
The Thoroughfare Plan shows Southwest Parkway to be a minor arterial, which is designed to carry 10,000
- 30,000 vehicles per day. It is a four-lane roadway with a continuous left-turn lane. The primary function
of the road is mobility and the secondary function is land access. The number and spacing of driveways
should be controlled. Water and sewer are at the site and are adequate for development.
Land Use Goal #2 in the Comprehensive Plan states that "College Station should continue to provide for
the orderly development of existing and future land uses." Goal #3 is that "College Station should continue
to protect, preserve, and enhance existing and future neighborhoods". The infrastructure of the area can
handle the potential impact of an expanded( intense commercial use at the intersection, but
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Item Background: The subject property was annexed into the city in 1971. It was zoned from its R-1
holding district to A-P in 1981. The property was platted in 1983 as part of the Southwest Crossing Phase 3
Subdivision. At this time, the property is still part of the A-P zoned, 5.12-acre lot where the Holditch office
building is located. If the land is to be sold, it will require platting and the extension of utilities through the
tract. Earlier this year, the abutting property at the intersection of Southwest Parkway and Earl Rudder
Freeway was rezoned from R-1 to C-1.
Related Board Actions: The Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed this request on November 8,
2001 and recommend approval. They discussed how the addition of the subject tract to the neighborinC-}
1 property would create a larger area for C-1 development. A draft of the meeting minutes is attached.
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Staff Recommendation: Staffrecommend; denial of the rezoning due to the specs ics of the 2818 report
and its emphasis on step down zoning.
Council Action Options:
1. Approval of rezoning as submitted.
2. Approval with physical conditions that will mitigate negative impacts.
3. Denial.
4. Denial without prejudice (waives 180-day waiting period).
5. Table indefinitely.
6. Defer action to a specified date.
Supporting Materials:
1. Location Map
2. Infrastructure and Facilities
3. List of Uses Permitted in A-P and C-1
4. Draft P&Z Meeting Minutes from November 8, 2001
5. Rezoning Ordinance
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Existing A-P Administrative Professional:
PURPOSE: This district would accommodate
selected commercial businesses which provide a
service rather than sell products, either retail or
wholesale. The uses allowed have relatively low
traffic generation and require limited location
identification.
PERMITTED USES:
■ Administrative offices.
■ Art studio or gallery.
■ Business, music, dance, or commercial schools.
■ Financial institutions.
■ Doctor or dentist offices.
■ Government offices.
■ Offices, professional or service.
■ Photographer's studio.
■ Radio, TV station (no towers).
■ Public parking lot for operating vehicles.
■ Real estate office.
■ Small recycling collection facilities.
(As amended by Ordinance No. 1905 dated
September 12, 1991)
■ Travel agency or tourist bureau.
■ Other personal service shops.
Proposed C-1 General Commercial:
PURPOSE: This district is designed to provide
a location for general commercial, retail uses which
serve the entire community and its visitors.
PERMITTED USES:
■ All uses permitted in A-P plus C-3
■ Alcoholic beverage sales - retail and wholesale.
■ Arena - coliseum.
■ Automobile sales and rental.
■ Automobile repair shop.
■ Bank.
■ Bookstore, retail and wholesale.
■ Bowling alley.
■ Restaurant.
■ Car wash.
■ Child care.
■ Cleaner, dry and pressing plant, laundry and/or
linen supply.
■ Cold storage.
■ Commercial amusements (excluding sexually
oriented commercial enterprises) (As amended
by Ordinance No. 2029 dated August 26, 2993.)
■ Convalescent home.
■ Domestic household equipment rental, storage.
■ Dormitories.
■ Drive-in sales.
■ Drive-in eating establishment.
■ Filling station, retail.
■ Funeral homes.
■ Furniture, appliance store, sales, service.
■ Garage, commercial.
■ Hardware store.
■ Hospital, sanitarium, nursing home or
convalescent home.
■ Hotel.
■ Marine and fishing equipment sales.
■ Hotel.
■ Marine and fishing equipment sales.
■ Mobile home sales, storage.
■ Motel.
■ Nursery plant sales.
■ Public parking building or lot for operating
vehicles.
■ Printing and reproduction.
■ Private lodges, fraternal.
■ Radio or TV stations or studios, (no towers).
■ Retail sales and services.
■ Shopping center.
■ Storage garage.
■ Theaters and motion picture houses.
■ Veterinary hospitals. (As amended by Ordinance
No. 2356 dated October 22, 1998)
■ Warehouses for uses permitted in this district.
■ Other uses will be considered by the
Commission.
INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES
Water: There is an existing 8-inch water line that extends to the subject
property. Water would be adequate for the type of development
proposed.
Sewer: There is an existing 8-inch sewer line that extends to the subject
property. The sewer capacity would be adequate.
Streets: Southwest Parkway is considered a minor arterial. It is a four-lane
roadway with a continuous left-turn lane.
Drainage: The site will have to comply with the City's Drainage Ordinance.
Flood Plain: There is no flood plain on this site.
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Agenda Item #
Item: Public hearing, discussion, and possible action on a rezoning for 1000
Southwest Parkway East from A-P Administrative Professional to C-1 General
Commercial. AO
Item Summary: he applicant is requesting the rezoning in order to
prepare the prop rty for future commercial development. This 3.24 acre
tract is propose become part of a larger shopping center project with the
abutting 7.223 acre -1 pr perty on he corn r of Sout west Parkway and
Earl Rudder Freewa e~`A ~4~---"rJ -~u4-
With C-1 zoning, the applicant would have a large amount of flexibility in the
development of the land. It could develop as a number of commercial
businesses, from offices to mobile home sales.
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-der. To the west of the subject property is an office building in an A-P
Administrative Professional district. The subject tract also abuts developed
R-5 Apartment/Medium Density and undeveloped land that is still in an R-1
Single Family Residential holding district.
Comprehensive Plan Considerations: The Land Use Plan designates this
area as Office. From the R-5 area to the west, moving east, the Land Use
Plan shows Residential Attached, Institutional (an existing church), Office
(including the subject tract), and Retail Regional. This use pattern follows
the recommendation of the 2818 Extension Study, which was approved by
the City Council in 1992. Along Southwest Parkway, land uses were to be
the most intense at the intersections with Texas and the freewayeen&ttrat wi
a gradual decrease of use intensity from Texas to an R-1
core, and then a gradual increase of use intensity up to the intersection with
the freeway. Land to the south is planned for Mixed Use. This land use
pattern is intended to buffer properties, especially residential, from
incompatible land uses. If the subject property were to become C-1, then
intense uses would abut residential to the west and possibly to the south.
Y(e'- The Thoroughfare Plan shows Southwest Parkway to be a minor arterial,
which is designed to carry 10,000 - 30,000 vehicles per day. It is a four-
lane roadway with a continuous left-turn lane. The primary function of the
road is mobility and the secondary function is land access. The number and
spacing of driveways should be controlled. Water and sewer are at the site
r and are adequate for development.
c~ Land Use Goal #2 in the Comprehensive Plan states that "College Station
should continue to provide for the orderly development of existing and
future land uses." Goal #3 is that "College Station should continue to
protect, preserve, and enhance existing and future neighborhoods". The
infrastructure of the area can handle the potential impact of an expanded
intense commercial use at the intersection, but it has not been the intent of
the 2818 Extension Study or the Comprehensive Plan to allow such a use
directly against residential development.
Item Background: The subject property was annexed into the city in 1971.
It was zoned from its R-1 holding district to A-P in 1981. The property was
platted in 1983 as part of the Southwest Crossing Phase 3 Subdivision. At
this time, the property is still part of the A-P zoned, 5.12-acre lot where the
Holditch office building is located. If the land is to be sold, it will require
platting and the extension of utilities through the tract. Earlier this year, the
abutting property at the intersection of Southwest Parkway and Earl Rudder
Freeway was rezoned from R-1 to C-1.
Related Board Actions: The Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed
this request on November 8, 2001 and recommend approval. They
discussed how the addition of the subject tract to the neighboring C-1
property would create a larger area for C-1 development. A draft of the
meeting minutes is attached.
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Staff~com e~~~j/~ation: Staff reco mend denial othe rezoning
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Council Action Options:
1. Approval of rezoning as submitted.
2. Approval with physical conditions that will mitigate negative impacts.
3. Denial.
4. Denial without prejudice (waives 180-day waiting period).
5. Table indefinitely.
6. Defer action to a specified date.
Supporting Materials:
1. Location Map
2. Infrastructure and Facilities
3. List of Uses Permitted in A-P and C-1
4. Draft P&Z Meeting Minutes from November 8, 2001
5. Rezoning Ordinance