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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-2456 - Ordinance - 06/22/2000ORDINANCE NO. 2456 AN ORDINANCE REZONING APPROXIMATELY 0.82 ACRES, LOTS lA, 17, AND 18, BLOCK D, COLLEGE HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, BEING 405 UNIVERSITY DRIVE EAST, COLLEGE STATION, BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: PART 1: That the City of College Station Zoning Ordinance #1638, more specifically the Official Zoning Map, be amended as set out in Exhibits "A", "B", and "C" attached hereto and made a part of this ordinance for all purposes. PART 2: That if any provisions of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void or unconstitutional, such holding shall in no way effect the validity of the remaining provisions or sections of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect. PART 3: That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00). Each day such violation shall continue or be permitted to continue, shall be deemed a separate offense. Said Ordinance, being a penal ordinance, becomes effective ten (I0) days after its date of passage by the City Council, as provided by Section 35 of the Charter of the City of College Station. PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 22nd day of June 2000. EST: /~ onnie ooks, City Secretary McIlhaney, Mayor/ APPROVED: Harvey C~'~l Jr.,~,~rney ORDINANCE NO. 2456 PAGE 2 OF 3 EXHIBIT "A" That the Official Zoning Map of the City of College Station, and part of Zoning Ordinance #1638, is hereby amended as follows: The following property is rezoned from A-P Administrative Professional to PDD-B Planned Development District-Business: Lots IA, 17, and 18, Block D College Heights Subdivision, being 405 University Drive East, College Station, Brazos Count),, Texas. Shown graphically in attached Exhibit The purpose of the planned development is to allow for a site to be constructed with three buildings consisting of an 1800 square foot train depot, a 1250 square foot building, and a 3325 square foot building with associated parking to be built behind the buildings and away from University Drive. Site uses will be restricted to the following uses: Art studio or gallery. Offices, professional or service. Photographer's studio. Specialty Retail Framing shop Accessory restaurant including, but not limited to, ice cream shop, coffee shop, etc. Other uses typically associated with art studios The site shall be developed in accordance with the attached conceptual plan (refer to Exhibit "C"). The following specific conditions shall be met on site: 1) Landscaping shall be installed as a buffer along the northern property line adjacent to the residential area. 2) Lighting shall be directed away from the residential area 3) The construction of Buildings B and C shall coordinate in style and materials with Building A 4) Any on-premise consumption of food and beverage serving area shall be restricted in size to no more than 25% of the floor area of Building C. C:~My Documents\New Folder~Rczoning Ordinance.doc Ordinanoe No. _2A_56 O O9 -I Z .j The College J~e mos/imporlanl ~uif~'~y to Go[[eye c~lalion az~vf ~exas ."~~f~ Q[nioe~-silff was vfesl..offeof in 1966. ~) eav e [ri~ yin y it [ae$... October' 2, 2001 The College Station 405 University Drive East College Station, Texas PRESENTED BY: ,.~e~/~ g~ G[av e~ c e ,.~'~ ox KARA WilSON - GALLERY DIRECTOR 404 UNiVERSiTY DRIVE EAST COLLEGE StaTiON, TX 77840 979.696.5669 Fax: 979.694.9141 Table of Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2. CONCEPT DRAWING 3. LOCATION MAP 4. SiTE PLaN 5. CONSTRUCTION PHASES AND SCHEDULE 6. SITE DEMOGRAPHICS 7. HISTORY: THE COLLEGE STATION DEPOT 8. HISTORY: THE BENJAMIN KNOX GALLERY Executive Summary Executive Summary THE COLLEGE STATION TRAIN DEPOT IS A VErY iMPOrTANT PArt OF OUR hERITAGE. THERE iS A MYSTIQUE ABOUT it. NOT ONLY IS IT The NAMESAKE OF OUR CITY, BUT IT hAS DEEP hISTORICAL ROOTS IN our past. IT has aN integral SIGNIFiGaNCE IN TEXAS A&M'S hiSTOrY as WELL, FIFTY-FIVE YEARS BEFOre The CITY OF COLLEGE STATION EVEN EXISTED. BENJAMIN KNOX hAS BEEN INTRIGUED With BUILDING A rEPLICA Of The COLlege StatiON DEPOt SINCe The mid 1990'S, but fINDING The right LOCATION HAS TAKEN TIME. NOW, A PRIME LOCATION ON UNIVERSITY DriVE has BEEN SELECTED AND IS UNDEr CONTraCT. BENJAMIN IS PREPARED TO MAKE The DREAM OF BRINGING BACK The DEPOT a realiTY. The Date Of cOmPlETION IS OCTOber 2, 2001, WhiCh marks EXACTLY 125 years SINCE TEXAS A&M OffiCiaLLY OPENED TO STUDENTS. The PurPose Of The COLLEGE STATION DEPOT, WITh ITS LAVISHLY LANDSCAPED GARDENS AND ADJACENT COMPLIMENTARY BUILDINGS, WILL be TO SERVE The COMMUNITY AND TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AS A CULTURAL LANDMARK. IT WILL PERMANENTLY hOUSE The BENJamiN KN.OX Gallery and iNternatioNal HeaDQUarTErS, AND ALSO PROMOTE FiNE Art iN The BRaZOS VALLEY. A SMALL OLD FAShiONED ICE Cream PARLOR AND VISITOR CENTER WOULD COMPLIMENT The FUNCTION OF The GALLERY. ThEY ARE BOTH currENTLY UNDEr CONSIDERATION. · BENJAMIN KNOX PLANS TO Create A REPLICA Of The DEPOT AS A GALLERY FOr THREE REASONS: 1. AS AN artiST, he IS WORKING TO MAKE FiNE ART MOre PROMINENT IN THE COMMUNITY. 2. AS AN ArChiteCT AND hISTOrIAN, he REALIZES The SIGNIFICANCE OF RECREATING AN ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARK THAT The CITY WILL BE PROUD OF. 3. AS a COLLEGe STATION resIDeNT AND Aggie, he IS DEDICATED TO ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON The area aND Texas A&M UNIVERSITY. Concept Drawing_ 'x , .I / / , /// ? U._I ~, .:") I1_1 I I II I Location Map ./ ./ / S te Plan "~43 ~..]:T. 7,545 /-r- /I ~ o~ -o ,..-,. ~\ .-. .:: ,..~ / \~ / ~./ ~ 4 o j ............ , I, I , ~ I , I Construction Phases and Schedule Construction Phases and Schedule IPHASE ! I August I, 2000 · CLOSING Date aND The aCqUiSitiON OF the THree Properties: 413 NIMiTZ, 403 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, aND 405 UNIVErSitY DriVE AUGUST 15 -- OCTOBEr 7, 2000 · DEMOLITION (as NeCESSArY) aND POSSIBLE RENOVATION Of The structure at 405 UNIVERSITY Drive. OCtOber 7, 2000 · GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY: Two hours Prior TO THE A&M VS. COLORADO fOOtball Game OCtOber 7, 2000 -- OCTOBER 2, 2001 · CONSTrUCTiON Of THE COLLEGE STatiON DEPOT ( TO hOUSE The Main GallerY DisPlaY area) aNd BUILDING B (TO hOUSE The BUSINESS OPERATIONS OF The GALLERY) · CrEATiON OF The NATIVE TEXAS LANDSCAPING, GarDENS, AND FOUNTAINS surrOUNDING The DEPOT OCTOBEr 2, 2001 · BUILDINg DEDiCatiON CEremoNY 6:30 p.m. OCTOBER 5-6, 2001 · PUbliC rECEPTION (A&M VS. iowa STATE fOOtball Game WEEKEND) I PHASE II I · MOVING or DEmOLITiON Of THE TWO HOUSES AT 413 NimiTZ AND 403 UNiVErSitY DRIVE · CONSTRUCTION Of building C (TO hOUSE The framing AND SHIPPING PART OF The GALLERY, AND POSSIBLE OLI~FAShIONED ICE CREAM PARLOR AND VISITOR CENTEr) · PARKING SPACES ADDED TO The EXISTING LOT AS NEEDED · Extra Parking area WILL be PLACED Off OF NIMITZ DriVE INCLUDING A ShIPPINg PICK-UP AREA · CREATION OF LANDSCAPING AND GARDENS TO BE CONSISTENT WITh The LANDSCAPING SURROUNDING The DEPOT · RAILROAD TracKs WILL BE PLACED IN The GARDEN AREA, ALONG The FRONT OF ALL Three ProPErTIES. · The ACQUISITION AND PLACEMENT OF A VINTAGE STEAM ENGINE LOCOMOTIVE AND RED CABOOSE. (The red CABOOSE COULD hOUSE The ICE CREAM PARLOR or The VISITOr CENTEr) OCTOBER, 2004 · DEDICATION CEREMONY and PUBLIC rECEPTION Of PhaSE ii. S te Demographics $ te Demographics CUSTOMEr DEmOGraPhiCS · The majority of COLLEGE STation reSiDENTS WITh a median hOUSEhOld income Of $50,000 or more live WITHIN five miles of The Site. · MOST TExas A&M UNiVErSiTY STUDENTS live Within fiVE miles of the Site. · MOST VISiTOrS enter The City Of COllege Station via UNiVErSitY Drive off of Highway 6 and WIll pass the SITE. · MOST COLLEGE STATION HOTELS ARE WITHIN TWO MILES OF The SITE. Ii. LOCATION DEMOGRAPhiCS · THE SITE HAS EXCELLENT VISiBILiTY. UNIVErSiTY DriVE EaST has a currENT TraFFiC COUNT OF 31,300 CArS PEr DaY. There IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT ON UNiVErSiTY Drive That Will increase The Traffic amount. CLOSE ProximiTY TO TExas AVenue, WHICH has a Traffic COUNT OF 45,000 TO 55,000 cars Per DaY, AND TExas A&M UNIVERSItY. The SITE iS lOCaTED IN a prestigious ShOPPing area With several UNiqUE SHOPS. Since This area is searching for an IDENTITY, This PROJECT COULD NAME The WHOLE area The /~EPOT/~IST/~/C~. THE Depot Will ENhanCE The area Dramatically. iii. Labor Pool · EXCELLENT LOCATION SINCE THE MAJORITY OF THE WORKERS for The GallerY are TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. IV. PARKING · There IS AN EXISTING PARKING LOT OF 19 SPACES in GOOD CONDITION ON The 405 UNIVerSITY Drive property. The ENTrance TO IT IS Off Of MacArThur DriVE. More SPACES CAN BE ADDED TO This PARKING LOT AS NEEDED. · SOME PARKING CAN BE ADDED OFF Of NimiTZ DRIVE DURING PhaSE ii. Vo iNGreSS/EGreSS · UNiVErSiTY DRIVE hAS SlX LANES, AND A CONTINUOUS CENTER TURNING LANE, ALLOWING EASY ON AND OFF ACCESS. The ENTRANCE TO The GALLERY IS OFF OF MacArThUr (and Off Of NiMitZ IN Phase ~Wo), Side STREETS THAT ARE MUCh LESS CONGESTED. VI. CUSTOMER FAMILIARITY · The NEW GALLERY WILL BE BUILT DiRECTlY ACROSS THE STREET FROM The PRESENT GALLERY LOCATION. · With The high INTEREST, PUBLICIty, AND UNIQUE VISUAL aPPEal Of The COllege STATION DEPOT, it Will beCOME A FAMILIAR LANDMARK. Vll. AVailable SQuare FOOTAGE · BY ACQUIRING ALL Three ProPErTIES FROM The ONSET OF The PROJECT, There IS PLENTY OF rOOM For GROWTh AND EXPANSION. Viii. COST The LAND AND PROJECT COSTS ARE REASONABLE CONSIDERING The high VISIBILITY LOCATION AND currENT DEVELOPmeNT ON UNiVErSITY DriVE. ALL Three PIECES OF PrOPERtY hAVE IMPROVEMENTS ThAT ARE BENEFICIAL. BEFOre Phase Ii iS started, There are TWO rental hOUSES ThAT WILL PROVIDE rENTAL INCOME AND HELP OFFSET The INITIAL COSTS. IX. SITe AESThETiCS ALL THREE PIECES OF proPErTY hAVE EXISTING MATUre Trees THAT WILL BE KEPT AND MAINTAINED. · NEW TREES AND LANDSCAPING WILL BE GENEROUSLY ADDED TO PROVIDE A VISUAL AND NOISE BUFFER FOR The SURROUNDING NEIGhBOrhOOD AND UNiVErSITY DriVE. The LANDSCAPING, GARDENS, FOUNTAINS, AND LOCOMOTIVE WITh A TRAIN STATION THEME WILL PROVIDE VISITORS WITh A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE NOT FOUND ANYWHEre ELSE. POTENTIAL SALES · WITh EXCEPTIONAL VISIBILITY, A SENSE OF iNTrigue, AND A COMMitmENT TO VISUAL EXCELLENCE, The GALLERY WILL ATTRACT MORE VISITORS. IT WILL BECOME A LANDMARK AND A DESTINATION PLACE. History: The College Station Dep__o.ot H story: The College Station Depot THE COLLEGE STATION TRAIN DEPOT WAS MORE THAN JUST a STrUCTUre That MARKED ONE'S ARRIVAL OR DEPARTURE From AGGIELAND. IT WAS A PLACE OF ENERGY, EXCITEMENT, AND ANTICIPATION. For 83 years IT was iNTErtWINED WITH The history Of TEXAS A&M AND The CITY Of COLLEGE STATION. From 1883 TO 1966, The COLLEGE STATION TraiN DEPOT SERVED AS AN IMPORTANT LANDMArk FOR THOUSANDS WhO PASSED UNDEr its LONG OVErhANGS. The DEPOT reCEIVED ITS NAME From The Train CONDUCTOr ANNOUNCING The StOP at The A&M COLLEGE Of Texas AS "COLLEGE" or "COLLEge StatiON." The CITY Of COLLEGE STATION, WhiCh WAS incorporated IN I938, IN TUrN rECEIVED ITS NAME FROM THE DEPOT. The DEPOT HELD A SPECIAL ROLE IN AGGIE HISTORY AND TRADITION UNTIL The USE OF THE AUTOMOBILE REPLACED TRAIN TravEL as a MOre CONVENIENT MODE Of TraNsPOrtatiON. BY 1958 The STATION WAS NO LONGEr IN USE. IN 1966 The NAmeSAKe OF The CITY OF COLLEGE STATION WAS TOrN DOWN. NOW, ONLY A hiSTOrICAL marker EreCTED IN 1994, IS a SYmbOL OF The DEPOT'S EXISTENCE. History: The Ben_jamin Knox Gallery__ History: The Benjamin Knox Gallery The BENJAMIN KNOX GALLERY IS THE FIRST, AND CURRENTLY ONLY, ArTIST-OWNED GALLERY IN COLLEGE STATION. THE GALLERY hAS PROVEN TO NOT OnLY BE AN ASSET LOCALLY, BUT NATIONALLY AS WELL. BENJAMIN'S FOCUS AS AN artist IS TO BE The LEADEr IN PROMOTING higher EDUCATION AND The SiGNiFICANCE OF UNIQUE PLACES ON A GLOBAL SCALE ThrOUgh FINE ART. HE currENTLY hAS ARTWORK AVAILABLE FOR SiX UNIVERSITIES. HE HAS RESEARCHED A TOTAL OF 33 UNIVERSITIES ACROSS The NATION AND Will RELEASE NEW ArtWORK For EACh 1N THE NEAr FUTUre. HIS GOAL IS TO rePreSENT 84 Of AMEriCA'S mOST PrOMiNENT COLleges and UNIVErSiTIES bY 2010. HE also Portrays NATUral ENvironmeNTS, PArkS AND UNIQUE PLACES ACROSS The GLOBE. COLLEGE STATION iS his headQUarters and The DEPOT WILL be his GalLErY. Here, he WILL DISPLAY his rEGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITS For THE COMMUNITY TO ENJOY, AS he hAS DONE FOR The PAST SEVEN YEARS. BENJamin KNOX was able TO a~TeND Texas A&M UNIVErSitY AS A DIreCT RESULT OF SChOLARShIP ASSISTANCE. HE BELIEVES STRONGLY IN GIVING BACK, SO THAT OTHERS MAY HAVE THE SAME OPPOrtUNITIES That he hAS had. This BELief IS integrated INTO The PurPOSE AND MISSION STATEMENT OF The GALLERY. The MORE THAT THE GALLERY GROWS, THE MORE IT GIVES BACK TO IMPORTANT CAUSES. DURING his SOPhOmOre YEar IN The CorPs OF CADETS AT TEXAS A&M UNiversiTY, BENJAMIN BEGan his art career OUT Of NECESSITY TO GENERATE MORE FUNDS TO PAY FOR SCHOOL. HiS Artwork BECAME VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND AFTER COMPLETING his Time IN The CORPS, he CONVERTED his HOUSE into A GALLERY TO MEET The INCREASING DEMAND FOR hIS WORK. HE GRADUATED With A Degree in ArChITECTUre from TExas A&M UNIVERSItY IN May I993, AND SOON AFTER OPENED his CURRENT GALLERY LOCATED IN THE 404 UNiversitY Drive ShOPPing CeNTEr. With YEARS OF PLANNING AND SAVING, he IS NOW PrePArED TO BUILD a PERMANENT GALLERY TO bENEFIT The COMMUNITY. HE IS Drawn TO bUild The COLLEGE STatION DEPOT beCAUSE Of its hiSTOrICAL SIGNIFICANCE. IT WOULD BEST BE UTILIZED AS AN Art CULTURAL CENTER, ESPECIALLY IF it INCLUDES ARTWORK rePreSeNTiNG TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY and The Area. The COMPLETION AND DEDICATION OF The DEPOT COINCIDES PERFECTLY WITH THE 125TM ANNIVERSARY Of TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. AT The SAME TIME, BENJAMIN PLANS TO rELEASE a FINE Art bOOK That POrtraYS AGGIELAND'S heritage. The BOOK has TAKEN 12 YEars TO CREATE, AND IT WILL INTRODUCE MANY NEW ART PIECES For The FIRST TIME. ThEY WILL BE EXHIBITED AND FOR SALE ThrOUGh PriVATE AUCTIONS AT The GALLERY For YEARS TO FOLLOW. WITh This MASS OF NEW A&M AND LOCAL ArtWOrK TO LINE The WALLS OF The GALLERY, BENJAMIN WILL FOCUS ON DEVELOPING his NATIONAL MARKETS. NO MATTEr WHERE he GOES, OR hOW FAMOUS his ARTWORK BECOMES, his GALLERY hEADQUArTERS WILL rEMAIN a PROMINENT PArt OF COLLEGE STATION.