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HomeMy WebLinkAbout00071587STAFF REPORT Prepared by: Molly Hitchcock Date: October 23, 2001 Email: mhitchcock@ci.college-station.tx.us 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. (01-233) Applicant: Texas Hotel Management Staff Recommendations: Staff recommends denial of the rezoning. 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 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. 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 east of the subject tract is the undeveloped C-1 land that is proposed to become a shopping center. 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 R-1 Single Family Residential. 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 freeway, and that there would be 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 was 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 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. Earlier this year, the abutting property at the intersection of Southwest Parkway and Earl Rudder Freeway was rezoned from R-1 to C-1. The Planning and Zoning Commission had recommended denial of the rezoning because of concerns of a gas station use in a gateway area of the city. 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: 1. Recommend approval of rezoning as submitted; 2. Recommend approval with physical conditions that will mitigate negative impacts; 3. Recommend a less intense zoning classification; 4. Recommend denial; 5. Table indefinitely; or, 6. Defer action to a specified date. Supporting Materials: 1. Location Map 2. Application 3. Infrastructure and Facilities 4. List of uses permitted in A-P and C-1 NOTIFICATION: Legal Notice Publication(s): The Eagle; 10-24-01 and 11-21-01 Advertised Commission Hearing Dates(s): 11-8-01 Advertised Council Hearing Dates: 12-6-01 Number of Notices Mailed to Property Owners Within 200% 8 Response Received: None as of date of staff report. 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. ExistingA-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 parldng 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.