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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes - deniedSeptember 28, 2000 ITEM NO.: 3.1 FILE NO.: LU00-19-02 Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Chenal Planning District Location: 13000 Chenal Parkway Request: Multi -Family to Commercial Source: Max Davis PROPOSAL / REQUEST: Land Use Plan amendment in the Chenal Planning District from Multi -Family to Commercial. The Commercial category includes a broad range of retail and wholesale sales of products, personal and professional services, and general business activities. Commercial activities vary in type and scale, depending on the trade area they serve. The applicant wishes to develop the property for retail uses. Staff is not expanding the application since the land Use Plan in this area was reviewed less than two years ago. EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING: The property is currently zoned 0-3 General Office and is approximately 3.22+ acres in size. The property to the north is the floodway for Rock Creek and is zoned R-2 Single Family. To the east is a retail business in a Planned Commercial Development zone. To the south is retail and automobile sales businesses located in a C-3 General Commercial zone. To the west is an apartment complex on land zoned R-5 Urban Residence. FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS: On December 15, 2000 a change took place from Single Family to Low Density Residential on the west side of Gamble Road south of Kanis Road about 1 mile south of the applicant's property. On March 21 1999 multiple changes took place along Kanis Road about 1 mile south of the applicant's property. On April 6, 1999 a change took place from Single Family to Public Institutional on the west side of Kirby Road at Kings Point about 1 mile west of the applicant's property. On December 15, 1998 a change to place from Multi -Family to Suburban Office on Kanis Road at Point West about 1 mile September 28, 2000 ITEM NO.: 3.1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU00-19-02 south of the applicant's property. On December 15, 1998 a change to place from Single Family to Public Institutional on the south side of Chenal Parkway at Pride Valley Drive about 1 mile west of the applicant's property. On May 20, 1997 a change took place from Office to Commercial on the north side of Chenal Parkway east of Bowman Road about :h of a mile southeast of the applicant's property. The applicant's property is shown as Multi -Family on the Future Land Use Plan. The property to the north is shown as Park/Open Space. The property east of Gamble Road, as well as the properties south of Chenal Parkway, are all shown as Commercial. The neighboring property to the west is shown as Multi -Family. MASTER STREET PLAN: Chenal Parkway is shown as a Principal Arterial on the Master Street Plan. The section of Gamble Road next to the applicant's property is shown on the Master Street Plan as a residential street. A Class I bikeway is shown on Chenal Parkway connecting Bowman Road to State Highway 10. The Master Street Plan also states that Class I bikeways built as part of an arterial will require an additional 10 feet of right-of-way (5 foot each side for one-way path) or an easement in which the path is placed. The required sidewalk along these streets can be incorporated into the bike path. The result would be a 9 -foot wide path on each side of the road. A four -foot section of the path should be marked for pedestrian use. PARKS: The Park System Master Plan shows existing Park Land north of the applicant's property inside the Park/Open Space strip running along Rock Creek. The existing parkland to is along the floodway of Rock Creek. Any further development of this site should address negative impacts on the floodway and ecological balance of the natural area. With the build out of this site, access points to the park area will be limited. 2 September 28, 2000 ITEM NO.: 3.1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU00-19-02 CITY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN: The applicant's property lies in the area covered by the Rock Creek Neighborhood Action Plan. The Office and Commercial Development goal listed three objectives relevant to this case. The first objective is promotion of commercial development to meet the needs of neighborhood residents. The second objective is maintaining as much as possible the existing topography, trees, and green space. The third objective is enhancing the primarily residential character of the community. The plan also states, "Aggressively use Planned Zoning Districts to influence more neighborhood -friendly and better quality developments." ANALYSIS: The applicant's property is an established office use occupied by a clinic located across the street from intense commercial uses. On the north side of Chenal Parkway, the applicant's property is located in an area that transitions from intense Commercial to the east and less intense Multi - Family to the west. A little further to the west is an open area where Rock Creek crosses the west bound lanes of Chenal Parkway from the median to the Park/Open Space area to the north of the applicant's property. Currently, there is a step-down from Commercial to Office to Multifamily which functions well as a transition from more to less intense uses. Historically, Gamble Road served as a dividing line between the commercial and residential uses in this area. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations: Gibraltar/Pt. West/Timber Ridge, Parkway Place P.O.A., Aberdeen Court P.O.A., Bayonne Place P.O.A., Carriage Creek P.O.A., Eagle Pointe P.O.A., Glen Eagles P.O.A., Hillsborough P.O.A., Hunters Cove P.O.A., Hunters Green P.O.A., Johnson Ranch N.A., Marlowe Manor P.O.A., and St Charles P.O.A. Staff has received no comments from area residents. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff believes the change is not appropriate. The current use is a link in a reasonable pattern of transition from the M September 28, 2000 ITEM NO.: 3.1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU00-19-02 intense commercial uses to the east and the less intense residential uses to the west. Staff would support a change in the Land Use Plan to Office to recognize the current use. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (SEPTEMBER 28, 2000) Brian Minyard, City Staff, made a brief presentation to the commission. Dana Carney made a presentation of item 3 so the discussion could coincide with the discussion for item 3.1. See item 3 for a complete discussion concerning the zoning change request from 0-3 General Office to C-3 General Commercial. Planning Commission Chair Adcock, gave the warning that there were only eight Commissioners present and that the item needed 6 affirmative votes to pass and gave the applicant the opportunity to defer the item to the November 9, 2000 Planning Commission Meeting. The applicant refused deferral. Mr. Max Davis, the applicant, spoke on behalf of the application. A discussion concerning the transition of land uses and zoning along the north side of Chenal Parkway west of Markham Street ensued. Commissioner Rector suggested amending the application to provide a land use change from Multi -Family to Office on the west half of the property and changing the land use on the east half of the property from Multi -Family to Commercial to accommodate a zoning change on that half of the property. A motion was made to approve item 3.1 as amended by Commissioner Rector. The item was denied with a vote of 1 ayes, 7 noes, and 3 absent. 4 � 0 <5> PKJOS MARKHAM 1 ft"Itifflaill Plan Amendment I Case # LU001902 13000 CTIENAL PARKWAY 0 270.5 541 Feet Item# 3.1 NFTOC Cr. 42.06 TRS: T1NR13W5 PD. 19 Ward 5 0 270.5 541 Feet Item# 3.1 �7 p wi&=WM IN Case # LU001902 N 13000 CHENAL PARKWAY Cr-. 41.03 TRS: TIMU3W36 0 250 500 PD: 15 Ward: 7 Item # 3.1