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TO: -Leq,
FROM: Susan Hazlett, Staff Assistant
DATE: August 9, 2002
RE: Staff Report
P&Z Meeting, August 15, 2002
Following this coversheet is a copy of the Staff Report that was prepared for the following
project. Please keep in mind that staffs responsibility is to provide the Planning & Zoning
Commission with all pertinent facts of a development case, but that staff is not acting as an
advocate for the applicants. Therefore, it is in the applicant's best interest to send a
representative to the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting to speak on behalf of the
proposal.
This item is scheduled for the Thursday, August 15, 2002 Planning & Zoning
Commission Meeting. This meeting will begin at 5:30 P.M. in City Hall Council
Chambers. I have included a copy of the agenda for this meeting. Please contact our
office at (979)764-3570 if you should have any questions. Thanks.
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STAFF REPORT
Project Manager: Jennifer Flanery Date: August 7, 2002
Email: jflanery@ci.college-station.tx.us
Item: Public hearing, discussion, and possible action on a rezoning of 1.06
acres for the W.M. Klunkert, Inc. located at 4090 Raymond Stotzer Parkway from
A-O Agricultural Open to M-1 Planned Industrial. (02-151)
Applicant: W.M. Klunkert
Staff Recommendations: Staff recommends approval of the rezoning.
Item Summary: The applicant is requesting a rezoning to M-1 Planned Industrial
to enable the expansion of an existing office building that is currently in an A-O
Agricultural Open zoning district. The subject property is surrounded by A-O
zoned land to the east, north and west, some of which have rural residences on
the properties. To the south of the subject property, and directly across
Raymond Stotzer Parkway, is Easterwood Airport. There is one tract of land
approximately 2 miles to the west along Raymond Stotzer Parkway that is also
zoned M-1.
Comprehensive Plan Considerations: The Land Use Plan reflects this
property and the surrounding area as future light industrial / research and
development. This classification calls for exclusively industrial development, so
the requested M-1 zoning is in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan. The
property fronts on and has access to Raymond Stotzer Parkway, which is
classified as a Major Arterial on the Thoroughfare Plan.
Item Background: The subject tract was annexed into the City in 1995 and was
placed in an interim A-O zoning classification. At the time of annexation, a
service station existed on the property. The preexisting use was permitted to
continue operation due to legal non-confirming status that is due most uses by
state statute upon annexation into a municipality. The current owner purchased
the property a few years ago, and remodeled the existing building into an office
use without enlarging it or making the use more intense. This replacement was
thus permitted under the use's legal non-conforming status. The applicant also
replaced an existing nonconforming parking lot, which was also not enlarged; the
replacement was therefore also permitted with the condition that it met
development requirements.
Since 1995, three rezonings have taken place within the area bound by 2818,
Raymond Stotzer, and the City limit lines. Two of the three rezonings were
similar to this request, in that they were on individual tracts that had frontage on
Raymond Stotzer and the requests were in compliance with the Land Use Plan.
Those tracts are currently zoned M-1 and C-2.
A rezoning for this property from A-O to C-2 Commercial Industrial was heard by
the Planning and Zoning Commission in December of 1999 and was denied
without prejudice. At the time the Commissioners were generally in favor of what
the applicant had done and wanted to do with the property, but had concerns
about the other permitted uses within the C-2 zoning district. The Council also
denied the request without prejudice so that the applicant could come back with
a PDD-B proposal per the Planning and Zoning Commission's request. Since
that time the Planned Development District review process has changed to allow
for less specific review by the Planning and Zoning Commission and Council.
The M-1 zoning allows for the staff to see fagade and layout proposals to ensure
harmony with the existing site.
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 a less intense zoning classification;
3. Recommend denial;
4. Table indefinitely; or,
5. Defer action to a specified date.
Supporting Materials:
1. Location Map
2. Application
3. Infrastructure and Facilities
4. P&Z Minutes from previous request
5. Council Minutes from previous request
6. Letter from W.M. Klunkert
INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES
Water: The subject property is not serviced by City of College Station
utilities at this time.
Sewer: The subject property is not serviced by City of College Station
utilities at this time.
Streets: The property fronts on Raymond Stotzer Parkway, a Major
Arterial, and takes access via a single access drive.
Off-site Easements: None known at this time.
Drainage: The site changes in the past couple of years complied with
the Drainage Ordinance requirements. The pending additions will be
required to meet the same requirements.
Flood Plain: None on this property.
Oversize request: None at this time
Impact Fees: None in this area.
NOTIFICATION:
Legal Notice Publication(s): The Eagle; 7-31-02 and 8-28-02
Advertised Commission Hearing Dates(s): 8-15-02
Advertised Council Hearing Dates: 9-12-02
Number of Notices Mailed to Property Owners Within 200': 4
Response Received: None as of date of staff report