HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutesSeptember 2, 1999
ITEM NO.: 2
FILE NO.: LU99-14-01
Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Geyer Spring East
Planning District
Location: 9101 Lew Drive
Request: Multifamily to Mixed Office Commercial
and Commercial
Source: Jeffrey K. Carmack
PROPOSAL / REQUEST:
Land Use Plan amendment in the Geyer Spring East Planning
District from Multifamily (MF) to Mixed Office Commercial
(MOC) . MOC provides for a mixture of office and commercial
uses to occur. Acceptable uses are office or mixed office
and commercial. A Planned Zoning District (PZD)'is required
if the use is mixed office and commercial.
The application was expanded to include an area across Lew
Drive to acknowledge an existing commercial use. This
expanded area is proposed to change from multi Family to
Commercial. The Commercial category includes a broad range
of retail and wholesales of products, personal and
professional services, and general business activities.
Commercial activities vary in type and scale, depending on
the trade area they serve. With these changes, the MOC &
Commercial land use area to the north will extend to the
south to include the applicant's property.
The applicant desires to use the property for wholesale and
storage operations.
EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING:
The property is currently zoned R-2 and is approximately
.59+ acres in size.
A church occupies the neighboring property to the north in
an R-2 zone. Five quad-plex apartment buildings sit on the
property to the south in an R-5 zone. A mobile home park
occupies the R-2 zone to the east. Across the street
slightly to the northwest sits a warehouse in a C-3 zone to
the west.
September 2, 1999
ITEM NO.: 2 (Cont.
FILE NO.: LU99-14-01
FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS:
The current land use designation of the applicant's property
is Multifamily (MF). Multifamily land uses lie directly to
the south. MOC uses lie to the north of the applicant's
property. A Low -Density Residential (LDR) area sits
immediately to the east. The Multifamily land use
designation covers the mostly vacant property across the
street to the west.
On September 1, 1998, a change was made from LDR to C at
4201 Baseline Rd. and Reck Rd.
On September 16, 1997, a change was made from SF to MF at
3615 - 3706 American Manor Dr.
MASTER STREET PLAN:
Lew Drive is shown as a local street on the plan and has
curb and gutter on both sides. Baseline Rd. is a five -lane
street and is shown as a Principal Arterial on the plan.
PARKS:
The Master Parks Plan does not show parks in the immediate
area.
CITY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN:
The property is located inside the area covered by the Upper
Baseline Neighborhood Action Plan. The Upper Baseline
Neighborhood Action Plan is an item on the agenda for the
September 2, 1999 Planning Commission meeting. There are
not any Land Use Plan changes scheduled as part of the
neighborhood plan process. This plan change does conform to
the goals of economic development in the neighborhood.
ANALYSIS:
The applicant's property contains an existing commercial
building in a developed area. The multi -family market in
this area is marginal, as evidenced by the mostly vacant
structures along Crenshaw and Lew Drives. In addition,
apartments have not been built on the vacant property in the
commercially zoned Multifamily land use area directly across
the street to the west. A change to MOC would recognize
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September 2, 1999
ITEM NO.: 2 (Cont.)
FILE NO.: LU99-14-01
the existing structure and attaches the applicant's property
to the MOC land use area immediately to the north. This
category of MOC does require a PZD if not wholly office.
This will allow for adjacent property owners and occupants
to review zoning changes.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS:
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood
associations: O.U.R. Neighborhood Association, Upper
Baseline Neighborhood Association, Windamere Neighborhood
Association, and Woodland Ridge Property Owners Association.
Staff has received one comment from an area resident that
was neutral.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff believes the change is appropriate. Chances for
redevelopment of this site for multi -family uses are small.
The use of an existing commercial -built building is the best
use for this piece of property.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
(SEPTEMBER 2, 1999)
This item was placed on the consent agenda for approval.
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.
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