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HomeMy WebLinkAbout00072330 STAFF REPORT Prepared by: Molly Hitchcock Date: March 7, 2002 Email: mhitchcock@ci.college-station.tx.us Item: Public hearing, discussion, and possible action on a rezoning from A-O Agricultural Open to C-1 General Commercial for the 29.65 acre-tract on Highway 6 South, abutting the Woodland Hills Subdivision to the west and the future City of College Station Business Park to the south. (02-035) Applicant: Louise Reeves (Trustee, Marsh-Reeves Trust et. al.) Staff Recommendations: Staff recommends approval of the rezoning. Item Summary: The applicant is requesting this rezoning to help market the property for sale. To the north of the subject property is land recently sold to the City of College Station by the applicant for the new business center. The subject land is largely undeveloped except for a couple of mobile homes and barns, which will be removed. To the south is 31 acres of C-1 General Commercial that extends to the corner of the highway frontage road and Greens Prairie. A convenience store/shopping center has recently developed on the corner of the southern property. East of the property is R-1 Single Family Residential, but the abutting land is parkland dedicated for the Woodland Hills subdivision. To mitigate potential negative impacts on Woodland Hills, buffering will be required at platting if the property develops as anything other than single family. Comprehensive Plan Considerations: The Land Use Plan reflects Single Family Medium Density for the subject area. The Thoroughfare Plan shows the future Lakeway (a major collector) passing through the eastern portion of the property. The road will have to be completed with platting. Since the time of the Comprehensive Plan, the city has acquired a large amount of property in the Highway 6/Rock Prairie Road/Greens Prairie Road area for a second business park. A small area plan is currently being developed to update the Comprehensive Plan for the region. Pressure for commercial zoning has always been great along SH 6. The likelihood of single family residential development on this particular tract is problematic with the proximity of the highway. Therefore the small area planning study examined other land uses for the property. Office uses, multi-family uses and commercial uses are the most likely. The draft plan recommends that this tract be developed commercially. This meets two of the study objectives which are to provide more locations for retail uses and to buffer these commercial uses from existing residential uses using floodplains and the roadway system. Allowing commercial land uses on this tract takes advantage of the SH6 frontage for visibility and access while allowing Lakeway Drive to separate any commercial development from the Woodland Hills subdivision to the east. The small area plan will be presented to the P&Z on April 4, 2002 for input, and will go to the City Council on April 25 for consideration. The current draft of the study suggests that the subject property is best for retail regional uses. The northern boundary of the tract is the centerline of Spring Creek. This greenway has been ranked a "2" in the Greenway Master Plan. Possible dedication or sale of the greenway would be negotiated at the time of development. Item Background: The subject land was annexed into the city in 1983. It came into the city as A-O and has remained so ever since. 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. Zoning summaries NOTIFICATION: Legal Notice Publications: The Eagle: 3-6-02 and 3-27-02 Advertised Commission Hearing Date: 3-21-02 Advertised Council Hearing Date: 4-11-02 Number of Notices Mailed to Property Owners Within 200': 8 Response Received: None. INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES Water: An 18-inch water main runs from the corner of Greens Prairie and the frontage road, through a portion of the subject tract. When platting, water will have to be extended through the platted lots. Sewer: An 8-inch sewer line runs along the back (east side) of the property. This line connects with the Spring Creek Sewer Main. This is the 97-01 sewer impact fee line. Impact fees will be assessed at the site plan or building permit stage. Streets: Lakeway Drive is a future major collector on the Thoroughfare Plan that will have to be built with development of the tract. Highway 6 is classified as a Freeway and Expressway on the Thoroughfare Plan. A TXDOT permit will be required for any new driveway(s) into the subject tract. Off-site Easements: It does not appear that any are required at this time. Drainage: Development on this property will be required to comply with the Drainage Ordinance. Flood Plain: The 100-year FEMA floodplain extends to and through this property along Spring Creek. Oversize request: It may be that the extension of utilities will be in greater sizes than the tract would require. OP may be requested at that time. Impact Fees: This tract is located in a sanitary sewer impact fee area, 97-01. Currently the fee is $232.04 per living unit equivalent.