HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutesAugust 6, 1998
ITEM NO.: 7 FILE NO.: LU98-14-04
Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Geyer Springs East
Planning District
Location: South side of Baseline Road from Reck Road to the
intersection of Community Road
Request: Low Density Residential to Commercial
Source: Ron Dowler/Southwest Radiator Shop
PROPOSAL / REOUEST:
Land Use Plan amendment in the Geyer Springs East Planning
District from Low Density Residential to Commercial.
CURRENT LAND USE AND ZONING:
The property is currently zoned R2 and is approximately 1. 05
±acres in size and is shown as LDR - Low Density Residential on
the Land Use Plan. The LDR and R-2 districts surround the site
on the east, south and west. To the north, across Baseline Road,
is an undeveloped area zoned 0-3 and shown as Office on the Land
Use Plan.
RECENT AMENDMENTS:
September 16, 1997, a change from Single Family to Multi -Family
on the north and south sides of American Manor on the west side
of Hilaro Springs Road.
February 6, 1996, a change form Mixed Residential to Office in an
area north of Baseline Road west of Community Lane.
MASTER STREET PLAN:
Baseline Road is shown as a Principal Arterial and is currently
built to a five -lane section. Reck Road and Bruno are two lane
residential streets.
BACKGROUND:
Prompted by the initial Land Use Amendment request at 4201
Baseline Road, the Planning Staff expanded the area of review to
include the northwest portion of the existing LDR area to change
to Commercial. This change will more reflect the existing uses
and it is thought that the additional area would make the
boundaries more logical. Of the area shown in hatch marks on the
sketch, six of the ten uses are of a commercial nature. The
Commercial area would include the uses of the radiator shop, hair
salon, heat and air conditioning shop, auto sales, and a
convenience store. The area to the west of Reck Road is currently
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ITEM NO.: 7 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU98-14-04
shown as Commercial on the Land Use Plan. At the intersection of
Reck Road and Baseline Road are located a convenience store and a
drive-in restaurant.
The eastern portion of the site, fronting onto Baseline, was
built as single family structures. To the east of the hatched
area, only two of the nine structures are currently of a non-
residential nature (the locksmith and a veterinarian). Both of
these structures are adapted single family residential
structures. The veterinarian and the locksmith are fairly
unobtrusive. Keeping this eastern portion as LDR will serve as a
buffer to the school to the east and from the office to the north
from the Single Family areas to the south.
The Upper Baseline Neighborhood Plan is just about to get
underway and anticipates an early 1999 finish date.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS:
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations:
Upper Baseline and Windamere. Upper Baseline Neighborhood
Association has stated that it is in favor of the change and
eighteen citizens have responded via telephone calls, letters and
petitions. All eighteen are in support of the change and 5 are
affected property owners.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff believes the change is appropriate to acknowledge the
existing uses along Baseline Road and expanded the application as
stated.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
(AUGUST 6, 1998)
This item was placed on consent agenda and was approved with a
vote of 10 ayes, 0 nays and 1 absent.
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