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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes denialSeptember 30, 1999 ITEM NO.: 8.1 FILE NO.: LU99-17-03 Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Crystal Valley Planning District Location: Corner of Hammond Road and Crystal Valley Road Request: Single Family to Mixed Use Source: Ricky A. & Rebecca M. Caldwell PROPOSAL / REQUEST: Land Use Plan amendment in the Crystal Valley Planning District from Single Family (SF) to Mixed Use (MX). MX category provides for a mixture of residential, office and commercial uses to occur. A Planned Zoning District (PZD) is required if the use is entirely office or commercial or if the use is a mixture of the three. The applicant proposes to build an upholstery repair use on the property in addition to a dwelling. Prompted by this Land Use Amendment request, the Planning Staff expanded the area of review to include the entirety of the applicant's property to the west bounded by Crystal Valley Hammond Roads. This change would recognize the existing uses of the applicant's property (a residential use and the upholstery shop). EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING: The property is currently zoned R-2 and is approximately .43+ acres in size. The current use is an automotive upholstery shop on the expanded area to the west. The original tract to the east is vacant. All of the land immediately adjacent to the applicant's property lies in an R-2 zone. The R-2 area north and south of the applicant's property contains large open spaces with large lot residences. Manufactured homes on large lots occupy the R-2 land to the east. Even larger open areas fill the R-2 zone across Crystal Valley Rd. to the west. A large CUP occupies the R-2 zone west of the applicant's property for the Crystal Valley Baptist Church. September 30, 1999 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 8.1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU99-17-03 Further to the north, 0-2, 0-3, and I-2 zoning covers large areas near the intersection of Crystal Valley and Lawson Road. FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS: The applicant's property is located in, and surrounded by, Single Family land uses. To the north, a Public Institutional (PI) land use area lies on both sides of Crystal Valley Road at the intersection of Crystal valley and Lawson Road. On June 1, 1999, a change was made from SF to NC west of Sullivan Rd. on Lawson Rd. On February 4, 1992, various changes were made on Col. Glenn Rd. and SF to LI, LI& SF to I, SF to NS, SF to O & MF, SF to PI, NS to PI at Lawson Rd. and Crystal Valley Rd. MASTER STREET PLAN: Hamond Rd. is not shown on the plan but is considered a local street. Lawson Rd. is shown as a Minor Arterial running east & west. Crystal Valley Rd. is shown as a Principal Arterial running north - south and is part of the proposed outer loop. PARKS: The Master Parks Plan does not show any existing or proposed parks in this area. CITY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN: There are no city recognized neighborhood action plans in this area. ANALYSIS: The applicant's property lies in a rural area outside city limits but inside the Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) line. A change to MX will introduce an intensification of uses in an area characterized by rural residential development. The zoning to recognize the existing upholstery shop was not changed at the time of the ETJ establishment. 2 September 30, 1999 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 8.1 (Cont.) NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: FILE NO.: LU99-17-03 Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations: Crystal Valley Property Owners Association and Plantation House Homeowners Association. Staff has received 13 comments from area residents. 11 are in support and one is neutral. Crystal Valley Neighborhood Associations is supportive of the change. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: The applicant has requested to be deferred to the September 30, 1999 Planning Commission meeting. Staff supports this deferral. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (SEPTEMBER 2, 1999) This item was placed on the consent agenda for deferral to the September 30, 1999 meeting. The motion was made for approval of the agenda as read and to include agreements between the city and applicants. The motion passed with a vote of 10 ayes, 0 nays and 1 absent. STAFF UPDATE: Staff believes that the change is not appropriate at this time. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (SEPTEMBER 301 1999) Brian Minyard, of Staff, presented the item to the commission. A short discussion followed. A motion was made to approve the change and was denied with a vote of 0 ayes, 11 noes and 0 absent. 3