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CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
Planning er Development Services
1101 Texas Avenue South, PO Box 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979.764.3496
September 6, 2005
David Cottrell Investments
7505 Highmeadow
Houston,TX 77063
RE: Property located at 2704 South Texas Avenue @ FM 2818
Dear Mr. Cottrell:
This letter is to inform you that the above referenced property has received an
administrative adjustment of 10 percent of required parking, 46 spaces for the
proposed 116,940 square foot retail space, as per Section 7.9 of the Unified
Development Ordinance which requires one space for 250 square feet of retail
space.
According to the Unified Development Ordinance Section 3.15, the Administrator has
the authority to authorize adjustment of up to 10 percent from any numerical zoning
standard set forth in Articles 5, 6, or 7 of the Unified Development Ordinance. To
approve the application for an administrative adjustment, the Administrator shall
make an affirmative finding that specific criteria, as outlined in Section 3.15.E of the
Unified Development Ordinance, have been met.
The Administrator has found that:
Granting the adjustment will ensure the same general level of land use
compatibility as the otherwise applicable standards because amount of the
adjustment is negligible and will not significantly alter the intensity of the land use;
Granting the adjustment will not materially or adversely affect adjacent land uses
or the physical character of uses in the immediate vicinity of the proposed
development because the number of parking spaces have significantly been
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increase on this site with this redevelopment plan and historically, this parking lot
has never been fully utilized; and
Granting the adjustment will be generally consistent with the purposes and intent
of this UDO as the reduction of the number of parking spaces for this property will
have improved internal circulation, and the ability to fulfill all landscape
requirements that would otherwise not be able to be met. This adjustment also
allows for the ability to meet the standards of parking setbacks from the Right-of-
Way.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 979.764.3570.
Sincerely,
Jo Dunn, AICP
City of College Station, Texas
Director, Planning and Development Services
CC: Michael Kravetz, Heights Venture Architects
1111 North Loop West, #800
Houston, TX 77008
File#05-00500152