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DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
1101 Texas Avenue South, PO Box 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979.764.3496
MEMORANDUM
February 3, 2003
TO: John Fedora, Via fax 680.8642
FROM: Bridgette George, Assistant Development Manager
SUBJECT: RITCHEY DEVELOPMENT (MDP) — Master Development Plan
Staff reviewed the above - mentioned master development plan as requested. The
following page is a list of staff review comments detailing items that need to be
addressed. Please address all comments and submit the following information by an
established deadline to be scheduled for a future Planning & Zoning Commission:
Parks & Recreation Board approval for parkland dedication;
Ten (10) copies of the revised master development plan;
One (1) Mylar original of the revised master development plan; and,
One (1) copy of the digital file of the master development plan on diskette
or e-mail to nmanhart@ci.college- station.tx.us
Upon receipt of the required documents for the Planning & Zoning meeting, your project
will be considered formally filed with the City of College Station and will be scheduled
for a meeting. If you have any questions or need additional information, please call
Jennifer Flanery or myself at 764 -3570.
Attachments: Staff review comments
cc: Willis & Peggy Ritchey, 4200 E. Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX, 77840
Joe Gattis, Ash & Browne Engineering, Inc., Via fax 846.8914
Case file #03- 00500027
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STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 1
Project: RITCHEY DEVELOPMENT (MDP) - 03- 00500027
PLANNING
1. This proposal will need to go to the Parks Board for a recommendation prior to P &Z
meeting.
2. This proposal is not in accordance with the Land Use Plan (LUP) due to the
following:
• The LUP shows office and /or multifamily; no office or multifamily proposed
• The LUP shows higher density or attached single family; no higher density or
attached single family proposed.
• The LUP shows several, separate park areas; the proposed parkland is
consolidated into one area
• The LUP shows the greenway; no proposed greenway. These greenways
are designed to buffer the more intense land uses and existing landfill site
from less intense land uses.
• The LUP shows no commercial in residential are; proposal shows commercial
in residential areas. City Staff may be able to support a neighborhood level
commercial area, but not general commercial.
• The LUP shows residential along Rock Prairie Road; proposal shows
commercial along Rock Prairie Road.
3. This proposal is not in accordance with our development policies due to the
following:
• Strip commercial is not allowed. This plan shows strip commercial along Rock
Prairie Road.
Strip commercial would be created if the property to the east of the oil well
were zoned commercial.
There is no reduction of land use intensity between single family and
commercial areas.
4. This proposal is not in accordance with the Greenways Master Plan because:
• The greenway is not shown on this proposal.
5. This proposal is not in accordance with the Bikeway Master Plan because:
• There is no bicycle and pedestrian path shown through the greenway.
6. Please note that Both Barron Road and Lakeway Drive will require bike lanes
pavement sections.
7. Please show that the alignment of the thoroughfares meets the Thoroughfare Plan.
Information is needed about the extensions of the streets onto adjacent property.
NOTE: Any changes made to the plans, that have not been requested by the City of College Station, must be explained in your
next transmittal letter and "bubbled" on your plans. Any additional changes on these plans that have not been pointed out
to the City, will constitute a completely new review.
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8. There is an east -west collector shown to perpendicular Lakeway Drive and extend to
Rock Prairie Road. According to the placement of Lakeway shown on this plan, this
east -west connection must be shown.
9. Please remove the specific zonings from the Master Development Plan. Reflect the
proposed land uses by the type and density of development proposed. For
instance, "high density single family at 8 units per acre ", or "neighborhood retail ".
Reviewed by
Jennifer Flanery
Date: January 31, 2003
ENGINEERING
1. Please address how this development intends to provide utilities, water and sewer,
to the site? A Master Development Plan is not usually required to do this. However,
due to the lack of utilities in the area, it is need information in order for Staff to
support or not support this plan.
Reviewed by: Carol Cotter
Date: January 31, 2030
NOTE: Any changes made to the plans, that have not been requested by the City of College Station, must be explained in your
next transmittal letter and "bubbled" on your plans. Any additional changes on these plans that have not been pointed out
to the City, will constitute a completely new review.
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Ritchey Development Planning Comments -- January 30, 2003
Proposed Land Use and Zoning:
• 211.23 acres R -1 Single Family Residential
• 5.69 acres parkland
• 10.63 acres C -1 General Commercial
• 1.17 acres A -O Agricultural Open, oil well site (ties into commercial)
• 57.58 acres Reserve Tract
• 41.87 acres Common Area / Drainage
Deviation from Land Use Plan / Small Area Plan:
• No office or multifamily proposed
• No higher density or attached single family proposed
• Proposed parkland consolidated into one area
• No proposed greenways (less acres used for drainage)
• Commercial proposed in residential areas
• Commercial proposed along Rock Prairie
Deviation from development policies:
• Strip commercial proposed along Rock Prairie Road
• No reduction of land use intensity between commercial / industrial property and proposed single
family areas
Other comments:
• Commercial may be ok within the residential areas, but we could probably only support C -3, not the C-
1 proposed.
• No commercial on the east side of the oil well (b /c when the oil well site is developed in the future it
will probably be a strip commercial.)
• We will not support the C -1 along Rock Prairie because it is not in line with the Comprehensive Plan
or the City's development policies.
• Greenways should be utilized as buffers between residential areas and the closed land fill site and
commercial properties.
• The proposed greenways according to the land use plan (and the offer that we have made to the
property owner for purchase) is approximately 140 acres. There are 77 acres of floodplain on site. The
proposed drainage way is only 40 acres.
• Is this enough parkland to satisfy this amount of single family homes? With 211 acres of R -1 (at a
density of 8 du/acre) there will be approximately 1650 units, requiring 17 acres of parkland. ( ?)
• Single family next to the Business Park should be buffered or stepped down land intensities should be
used.
• This property is shown on the Bikeway Master Plan as having a bike and pedestrian pathway through
the greenway and bike lane on both Barron Road and Lakeway Drive.
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