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Project Manager: Jennifer Prochazka Date: April 30, 2003
Email: jprochazka@ci.college-station.tx.us
ZBA Meeting Date: May 6, 2003
APPLICANT: Premier Builders
REQUEST: Parking Variance
LOCATION: 2307 Texas Avenue
PURPOSE: To reduce the required parking for a proposed retail
shopping center from 96 spaces to 80 spaces. (17%
reduction)
GENERAL INFORMATION
Status of Applicant: Agent for the owner
Property Owner: Larry Hodges
Applicable
Ordinance Section: Section 9.3, Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces
Required. Generator: Shopping Center (75,000 S.F.
or less)
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Zoning and Land Use
Subject Property: C-1 General Commercial, vacant
North: C-1, developed as a pawn shop
West: C-1, developed as single family housing
East: Texas Avenue
South: C-1, developed as Epicures Catering
Frontage: The property has 230 feet of frontage along Texas Avenue
Access: Takes access from Texas Avenue
Topography &
Vegetation: Relatively flat and little vegetation.
Flood Plain: Not within a flood plain.
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VARIANCE INFORMATION
Parking Required: Shopping Centers with less than 75,000 S.F. require 1
parking space for every 150 S.F. This shopping center
requires 96 parking spaces.
Parking Requested: 80 parking spaces. (17% reduction)
Case Overview: Any development with 3 or more retail tenants is
considered a shopping center in the Zoning Ordinance.
A site plan application was submitted for the
development of a shopping center with three retail
tenants in the location of the old quicker sticker on Texas
Avenue next to Epicures Catering. The amount of
square footage proposed in the shopping center requires
96 parking spaces, thus the applicant is requesting 16
parking space variance for the proposed shopping
center.
ANALYSIS
Special Conditions: The applicant offers the following as a special condition:
24 foot Access Easement runs down the entire side of
the property
Hardships: As a hardship the applicant states that the special
condition prohibits full use of the property.
Alternatives: The applicant provided no alternatives
SPECIAL INFORMATION
Ordinance Intent: The purpose of Section 9 Minimum Parking requirements
is to establish guidelines for off-street parking spaces
consistent with the proposed land use to:
Eliminate the occurrence of non-resident, on-street
parking in adjoining neighborhoods;
Avoid the traffic congestion and public safety hazards
caused by a failure to provide such parking space;
Expedite the movement of traffic on public
thoroughfares in a safe manner, thus increasing the
carrying capacity of the streets and reducing the
amount of land required.
Number of Property
Owners Notified: 9
Responses Received: None as of date of Staff Report
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Copy Corner Parking Variance (03-85)
Slide #1 (Agenda item Slide)
Good Evening. Jennifer Prochazka, Staff Planner
Slide #2 (small area map)
The subject property is located along Texas Avenue just
north of Epicures catering. The structures that were on the
property have been removed in the last couple of months.
Slide # 3 (site plan)
The applicant has recently submitted a site plan for review
for this property that includes three retail tenants. Any
development with 3 or more retail tenants is considered a
shopping center in the Zoning Ordinance. Shopping Centers
with less than 75,000 S.F. require 1 parking space for every
150 S.F. This shopping center requires 96 parking spaces.
The applicant is requesting to reduce the required parking
for this proposed retail shopping center from 96 spaces to
80 spaces. This is a 17% reduction.
The applicant offers the following as a special condition: a
24-foot Access Easement runs down the entire south side of
the property to provide access to the property to the east.
As a hardship the applicant states that the special condition
prohibits the full use of the property.
I have not received any inquiries about this case.
The applicant is here to answer any questions that you may
have of him.
Can I answer any questions?
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ATTACHMENTS
Location Map
Application
Site Plan
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