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Meeting Agenda
Design Review Board
1101 Texas Ave, College Station, TX 77840
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September 24, 2021 11:00 AM Administrative Conference Room
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1.Call meeting to order and consider absence requests.
2.Hear Visitors.
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3.Agenda Items
3.1.Consideration, discussion and possible action to approve meeting minutes.
August 27, 2021
3.2.Presentation, discussion, and possible action to consider an appeal to the Unified Development
Ordinance Section 7.7 Buffer Requirements for the Creek Place Retail located at 2711 Texas
Avenue South. Case #AWV2021-000019
Sponsors:Jesse Dimeolo
4.Discussion and possible action on future agenda items.
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5.Adjourn.
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Minutes
Design Review Board August 27, 2021 11:00 AM Phone: *888 475 4499 and Webinar ID: 981 5391 2309 Internet: https://zoom.us/j/98153912309
Board Members Present: Chairperson Jeremy Osborne, David Hebert, William McKinney, and Susan McGrail
Board Members Absent: Ray Holliday and Luke Marvel
Council Members Present: Council Member Cunha Staff Present: Assistant Director Molly Hitchcock, Staff Planner Jesse Dimeolo,
Administrative Support Specialist Kristen Hejny, and Staff
Assistant Tiffany Romero
AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Call to order.
Chairperson Osborne called the meeting to order at 11:03 a.m.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Hear Visitors
No visitors spoke.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3.1: Consideration, discussion, and possible action to approve meeting minutes.
• May 14, 2021
Board Member McKinney motioned to approve the minutes. Board Member Hebert seconded the
motion, which passed (4-0).
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3.2: Presentation, discussion, and possible action to consider a waiver to the Unified Development Ordinance Section 5.8.B.3 "Building Design
Considerations for Historic Properties" for Dollar Slice Club, formerly known as Antonio's Pizza, located at 104 College Main. Case #NRA2021000023 Senior Planner Dimeolo presented the item to the Board and recommended approval of the request.
Applicant was unavailable for presentation.
There was general discussion amongst the Board about the finish and materials that the applicant was proposing to change.
Board Member McKinney motioned to approve the request as proposed. Board Member Hebert
second the motion, motion passed (4-0).
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AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Possible action and discussion on future agenda items – A
Design Review Board Member may inquire about a subject for which notice has not been given. A statement of specific factual information or the recitation of existing policy may be given. Any deliberation shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on an agenda for a subsequent meeting. There were no items presented.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Adjourn.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:14 a.m.
APPROVED:
Jeremy Osborne, Chairperson ATTEST:
Tiffany Romero, Staff Assistant
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September 24, 2021
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
Appeal to Landscape
Buffer Standards
for
The Creek Place Retail
AWV2021-000019
REQUEST:A waiver to the landscape buffer standards in UDO Section 7.7
“Buffer Requirements”
SCALE:5.91 acres for the two commercial lots
14.1556 acres for all lots
Approximately 438 linear feet required to be buffered
LOCATION:2711 Texas Avenue South
ZONING DISTRICT:GC General Commercial
APPLICANT:Kerry Pillow, Assistant Project Manager
PROJECT MANAGER: Jesse DiMeolo, Staff Planner
jdimeolo@cstx.gov
RECOMMENDATION:Staff recommends approval of waiver request.
SUMMARY: The applicant is requesting the Board waive the requirement of a 6-
foot fence and 10-foot wide landscape buffer for the Creek Place
Retail center. The applicant states that the buffer will prohibit cross
access connection between the commercial and multi-family
phases of the proposed project. Cross access is important for safe
ingress and egress from the development and is vital for the
success of the project.
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BACKGROUND: The applicant is presently platting and site planning a commercial retail center
immediately adjacent to a future phase planned for multi-family apartments. The combined
commercial buildings’ area would be 38,660 square feet. The surrounding property is zoned GC
General Commercial, NAP Natural Areas Protected, and MF Multi-Family and is a combination of
undeveloped land and existing commercial uses. The applicant is requesting the Board waive the
buffer requirement of a 6-foot fence and 10-foot wide landscape buffer for the Creek Place Retail
center. Site landscaping will be provided in areas that allow for it between the commercial and
multi-family uses. The applicant shows on the exhibit the proliferation of easements and
infrastructure between the two uses that make it difficult to construct a solid, undivided
landscape buffer. The buffer is also required along the existing detention pond because it is
zoned MF Multi-Family. The applicant indicates that the buffer is not needed here because the
detention pond was originally established with the adjacent bank, thus supporting a commercial
use.
REGULATION: The ordinance requires a landscape buffer to provide a visual barrier between
different zoning districts and to help mitigate any negative impacts of adjacent land uses on
developed or developing properties. A buffer should visibly separate one use from another and
shield or block noise, glares, or other nuisances. This development is required to have a 6-foot
tall fence and 10-foot landscape buffer with plantings on the eastern boundary per UDO Sec.
7.7.F 'Minimum Buffer Standards'. A buffer is not required adjacent to natural areas and other
commercial uses, and does not apply to the north, west and south sides.
BOARD AUTHORITY: UDO Section 7.7.4.H “Appeals” of the UDO states that, "The DRB may
authorize on appeal alternative buffer standards for a specific property or a waiver to the Buffer
Requirements of this Section when such standards or variance will not be contrary to the public
interest where, owing to unique and special conditions not normally found in like areas, a strict
enforcement of the provisions of the ordinance by the Administrator would result in unnecessary
hardship, and so that the spirit of this Section shall be observed and substantial justice done."
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of this request. Requiring a barrier
between the commercial development and adjacent non-commercial property would negatively affect
this development. The applicant has proposed the buffer be removed, thus creating direct connection
between the two uses. This would not be injurious to the interest of adjacent landowners but rather
beneficial. Additionally, unique and special conditions were found to be associated with the subject
property such as the 100-foot wide Atmos gas easement that runs diagonally between the two uses
and the adjacent detention pond that supports commercial uses. The future site plan for the Creek
Place Retail center will be designed to ensure landscape areas are irrigated, drained and accessible
for maintenance.
SUPPORTING MATERIALS:
1. Applicant’s Supporting Information
2. Zoning Map
3. Landscape Buffer Appeal Exhibit
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APPEAL/WAIVER APPLICATION
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
Name of Project: THE CREEK PLACE RETAIL
Address: 2711 TEXAS AVE S
Legal Description: LAKE VIEW ACRES, LOTS 1C & 2A REPLAT, ACRES 14.1556
Applicant: MITCHELL & MORGAN C/O Veronica Morgan
Property Owner: GREAT AGGIE LAND LLC
Current Zoning: GC – General Commercial and MF – Multi-Family.
Applicable ordinance section being appealed/seeking waiver from: Unified Development Ordinance, Section 7.7 – Buffer Requirements.
The following specific alternative to, or waiver from, the ordinance is requested: Waiver request to providing the 10’ landscape buffer and fence between the general commercial and future phase of multi-family within this development. This buffer requirement prohibits drive aisles within the landscape buffer. The drive aisle connections are intended to provide cross access between the two uses and so that all vehicular traffic (especially from the commercial use) has access to the traffic signal at FM2818 and Texas Avenue. The cross access between the two uses is important for safe ingress / egress from the development and is vital for the success and viability of this development, especially the commercial use.
The unnecessary hardship(s) involved by meeting the provisions of the ordinance other than financial hardship is/are: A strict application of the ordinance constitutes a hardship in this case because it prevents drive aisles from being constructed within the landscape buffer. This project is a phased development and the drive aisles are intended to provide cross access between the two uses so that all vehicular traffic has access to the traffic signal at FM2818 and Texas Avenue. The cross access between the two uses is important for safe ingress / egress from the development and is vital for the success and viability of this development, especially the commercial use. In regard to the additional area shown where we are requesting the buffer waiver - the area outlined in green on the exhibit is an existing detention pond for the adjacent bank. When the bank developed they did not purchase this land but instead acquired a drainage easement to cover their detention pond, so this land is zoned multi-family only because it was included on the multi-family lot within this development. It's already developed, and its use is really associated with commercial development. Commercial uses are not required to buffer between each other.
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The following alternatives to the requested appeal/waiver are possible: None. The cross access between the two uses is important for safe ingress / egress from the development and is vital for the success and viability of this development, especially the commercial use.
Substitution of building materials explanation: Not applicable.
Alternative materials on facade work on an existing building explanation: Not applicable.
Provide additional information for alternate colors or materials for a franchised or chain restaurant: Not applicable.
Facade articulation and/or roofline waiver: Not applicable.
Not financially feasible explanation:
The cross access between the two uses is important for safe ingress / egress from the development and is vital for the success and viability of this development, especially the commercial use.
Not structurally feasible explanation: Not applicable.
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