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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSTAFF REPORT STAFF REPORT Project Manager: Jennifer Prochazka Date: January 8, 2004 Email: jprochazka @cstx.gov Item: Consideration, discussion, and possible action on a master plan and preliminary plat, with a variance request to the maximum block length, for the Spring Creek Corporate Campus consisting of 19 lots on 384.1 acres located at 4301 State Highway 6 South. (03 -270) & (03 -314) Applicant: Charles Wood, COCS Economic Development Department Staff Recommendations: Staff recommends approval of the master plan. Staff also recommends approval of the preliminary plat on the condition the variance request is approved and that the attached Staff Review Comments are addressed. Item Summary: This item is for consideration of a master plan and a preliminary plat for the Spring Creek Corporate Campus. This property is planned for the development of the City's second business park and is currently zoned M -1 Planned Industrial. The property is surrounded by vacant C -1, R -1 developed as Woodland Hills Subdivision, and vacant A -O property to the south, and C -1 developed as the Christ United Methodist Church and vacant A -O to the north and the landfill to the east. The property has access to Earl Rudder Freeway and Greens Prairie Road. 116.25 acres have been dedicated as public greenway. Approval of the preliminary plat requires a variance to the maximum block length of 800 feet. Comprehensive Plan Considerations: The subject property is in compliance with the Rock Prairie /Greens Prairie Small Area Plan which shows this area as Industrial R &D, and with the Thoroughfare Plan which shows the extensions of Pebble Creek Parkway and Lakeway Drive as major collectors. Item Background: The subject property was annexed into the city in 1983 and 1995 and was rezoned from A -O to M -1 Planned Industrial in 2000 and 2003 for the development of the business park. This property has never been platted. Budgetary & Financial Summary: N/A Supporting Materials: 1. Location Map 2. Application 3. Staff Review Comments 4. Infrastructure and Facilities 5. Copy of Preliminary Plat 6. Copy of Master Plan on the Council Chambers wall 7. Letter requesting variance INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES Water required for plat: Public water is required to be extended to each platted lot. The plat, being a commercial environment, shows water line extensions sufficient for commercial uses and fire flow capacity. Water Service: Domestic water service is required to each lot and structure. This will be accomplished by way of the water main extensions shown on the plat. Sewer required for plat: The City's Comprehensive Plan shows the Spring Creek line being extended up Lick Creek. The line is required to be constructed with development. Public sewer is required to be extended to each platted lot. Sewer Service: The 27 -in Spring Creek sewer line runs through a portion of the subject property. Service to tracts along Spring Creek will be served by extensions off this line. Other tracts will need to be served off the sewer main along Lick Creek. Both lines are Impact Fee lines. Street(s) required for plat: Pebble Creek Parkway and Lakeway Drive appear on the T -fare Plan as minor collectors and are required for development. Streets /Access: The property has access to Earl Rudder Freeway and Greens Prairie Road. The extension of Pebble Creek Parkway and Lakeway Drive, as shown on the plat, will provide internal access. Off -site Easements required for plat: None required at this time. Drainage: Drainage of the site is to Spring Creek to the south and Lick creek to the west. Flood Plain: Spring Creek floodplain and Lick Creek floodplain are shown on the plat. Most of the floodplain area is being donated into the City's Greenway program. The Spring Creek floodplain has a regulatory floodway, as shown on the plat; the Lick Creek floodplain does not. Any encroachments or development into the Lick Creek floodplain will need to be analyzed on a case by case basis. Oversize request: None at this time. Impact Fees: The subject property lies within the City's 97 -01 Spring Creek Sewer Impact Fee Area.