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Project Manager: Jennifer Flanery Date: January 7, 2003
Email: jflanery@ci.college- station.tx.us
Item: Public hearing, discussion, and possible action on a rezoning for
ASSOCIATES AVE (REZ) located at 1501 Associates Avenue. (02 -268)
Applicant: JOE COURTNEY, Property Owner
Staff Recommendations: Staff recommends approval of the rezoning.
Item Summary: The applicant is requesting a rezoning from C -1 General
Commercial to C -2 Commercial Industrial in order to develop the property as an
office / warehouse complex which may include some commercial industrial
tenants.
Comprehensive Plan Considerations: This property was included in the 30/60
Small Area Plan, which recommended that all properties to the west of Carter's
Creek remain as the Land Use Plan shows, which is retail regional. Staff
supports this request because of the location, the access, and the natural
buffering from neighboring uses. Associates Avenue is located near the
intersection of Highway 30 and the East Bypass, and is not classified on the
Thoroughfare Plan. Carter Creek and the Gulf State Utility Easement separate
this property from Veterans Memorial Park. The Greenways Master Plan shows
the property to the east as a priority two rural greenway.
Item Background: The property was annexed into the City in 1958, and was
rezoned to C -1 in 1984. The property is not yet platted. A Master Development
Plan was approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission in 2001. A
preliminary plat and final plat for most of the property were approved last year,
but the final plat was never filed. A new preliminary plat and final plat will come
before you prior to development of the property.
The property is surrounded by C -1 property to the west developed as a movie
theater and Sam's Club, the former Furrow's site that is zoned C -2, and vacant
land to the north, south and east that is zoned C -1 and R -1. In general, C -2 type
businesses usually generate Tess traffic than C -1 General Commercial uses.
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
2. Recommend denial;
3. Table indefinitely; or,
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4. Defer action to a specified date.
Supporting Materials:
1. Location Map
2. Application
3. Infrastructure and Facilities
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INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES
Water: A water line extension from Harvey Road has been approved for
the Associates Park Subdivision. The water line is required to be
extended to any separate platted properties.
Sewer: Sewer is to the rear of the subject property. Sewer line
extensions may be required to any separate platted properties.
Streets: Associates Avenue is not classified on the Thoroughfare Plan.
Off -site Easements: An off -site easement was obtained for the water
line extension.
Drainage: Drainage is to Carter's Creek, to the rear.
Flood Plain: A portion of the property was located within the 100 -year
flood plain. A Fill Permit and subsequent LOMR removed the property
from the Flood Hazard Area.
Oversize request: None
Impact Fees: None
NOTIFICATION:
Legal Notice Publication(s): The Eagle; 12 -31 -02 and 1 -28 -03
Advertised Commission Hearing Dates(s): 1 -16 -02
Advertised Council Hearing Dates: 2 -13 -02
Number of Notices Mailed to Property Owners Within 200': 6
Response Received: None as of date of staff report
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