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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil NotesCOUNCIL - !Wolf Pointe Center (10-00500227) ,SERIAL: This item is a rezoning request to modify an existing PDD Planned Development District for Mixed-Use development - on 1.3 acres. The property is located on the south side of Holleman Drive adjacent to the Verizon building near where George Bush Drive Ts into Holleman. Comprehensive Plan The Comprehensive Plan designates the subject property and the surrounding area as Urban Mixed-Use. EXISTING ZONING Properties located to the east and west of the subject property are zoned C-1 General Commercial and are developed as office and office-industrial uses. Properties to the south are zoned R-1 Single-Family Residential and developed as single-family structures. Again, on the Comprehensive Plan, all of the surrounding properties are slated for future Urban Mixed-Use development. HISTORY - Again, this request is for a modification to the existing mixed-use PDD, which comes forward in the form of a rezoning ...the existing PDD was approved in late 2009, Previously the property was zoned C-1 General Commercial. The 2009 mixed-use PDD request came after the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council denied a request to designate the property for multi-family in 2008. At that time, the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council stated that mixed-use was the preferred land use for this area. The Comprehensive Plan re-enforced that decision and this entire area was designated for vertical mixed use in 2009. CONCEPT PLAN: The existing PDD zoning includes a vertical mixed-use structure along the frontage of Holleman Drive and two multi-family structures located toward the back of the property, without commercial because of the lack of visibility. The rezoning included several modifications to standards in order to accomplish a mixed use project. EXIS`i ifs(' USE& The uses permitted by the existing PDD zoning include multi-family, offices, retail, personal service shops, medical clinics, restaurants and drive-thru facilities. - with the requirement that the bottom floor be a commercial use and be a minimum of 4,000 square feet. The applicant is requesting a modification to the PDD that would allow the commercial portion to be phased so that 1,000 s.f. would be required to be reserved for commercial uses initially, and the other 3,000 s.f. would be built to commercial standards, but could be used for residential units until a time that the market supported commercial uses in that bottom floor. Site, I lian:. A mixed-use site plan for the development was approved in September of this year. With the existing zoning, 4,000 s.f. of commercial uses is required to be located on the ground floor of the building fronting on Holleman Drive, including multi- family, offices, retail, and restaurants. (SEE ON SITE PLAN) Two multi-family structures were included at the rear of the property and would not contain commercial uses due to lack of visibility. - this site plan would need to be modified only slightly to allow for the additional, interim multi-family use. MODIFICATIONS The existing zoning and the approved mixed-use site plan include meritorious modifications, which the applicant is requesting to retain with the amendment to the PDD. At the time of site plan, the project will need to meet all applicable site requirements of the Unified Development Ordinance. 1. Section 7.2.1 "Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces Required" of the Unified Development Ordinance includes a parking requirement of 1 parking space per bedroom. 2. Section 7.2.E "Interior Islands" of the Unified Development Ordinance Allows no interior parking islands in side or rear parking areas. 3. Section 5.4 "Non-Residential Dimensional Standards" of the Unified Development Ordinance allows no minimum front setback be on Holleman Drive to allow the first structure to be located closer to Holleman Drive and includes a 15-foot rear setback. 4. Section 7.1.2 "Single-Family Protection" of the Unified Development Ordinance the height of the structure is not be limited by the adjacent single-family structures to the south. b/c as designated on the Comprehensive Plan, the future use of the property to the south is also high-density Urban Mixed-use, although the property is currently developed as single-family residential. 5. Section 7.6.F "Duffer Standards" of the Unified Development Ordinance no buffer is required adjacent to the single-family development to the south. Again, the future use of the property to the south is also a high-density Urban Mixed-use. Again, These are the same modifications that were approved with the existing mixed- use zoning to help accomplish the mixed-use development on the site. As a City, we were willing to make these concessions to help incept mixed use on this site. RECOMMENDATION In November, the Commission recommended in a 5-1 vote for approval of the modification to the PDD.... Including the previously granted meritorious modifications.