HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ4985C case from 1999FILE NO.: Z -4985-C
NAME: Mid-America Center --- Short -Form POD -- Revocation
LOCATION: North side of West Roosevelt Road, between S. Wolfe
and S. Battery Streets
DEVELOPER: Emma Jean Rogers
AREA: 1.88 acres NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 FT. NEW STREET: 0
ZONING: POD ALLOWED USES: Day Care and Residential
PROPOSED USE: Church and Residential
A. BACKGROUND:
On April 19, 1988, the Board of Directors passed Ordinance
No. 151460 rezoning this property from R-4 and R-5 to PRD
to allow a residential and child care facility. On January
16, 1990,.the Board passed Ordinance No. 15,801 revising
the PRD to eliminate the residential care facility part of
the project and replaced it with an additional day care
facility.
On June 20, 1995, the Board of Directors passed Ordinance
No. 16,919 which rezoned the property from PRD to POD. The
uses which were permitted in and on the POD site were to be
limited to the two-family dwelling which is located at 2407
S. Battery Street and the day care facility which was
authorized by Ordinance No. 15,801, plus the following uses
from the 0-1 and C-2 list of -permitted uses: church;
clinic (medical, dental, or optical); community welfare or
health center; day nursery or day care center; lodge or
fraternal organization; nursing home or convalescent home;
office (general or professional); photography studio;
private school, kindergarten, or institution for special
education; school (business); school (public or
denominational); studio (art, speech, drama, dance, or
other artistic studio); barber and beauty shop; and, eating
place, limited to the ground floor of the existing
building, with a maximum of 800 square feet, to be a sit-
down facility without drive-in or drive-thru service and
wi.th•carryout'permitted, but with no delivery service
allowed.
P.
Yf ? Til, F ppred site plan which included building and parking
la outs'14 attached. To this date, the property has never
comp].etel.y developed and the building is currently vacant.
There is some evidence of recent fire damage to the
building. The parking lot within the southern portion of
the property was never constructed.
B. PROPOSAL:
The applicant, Emma Jean Rogers, submitted a letter to
staff on April 28, 1999, requesting that the existing POD
be revoked and the property revert to its original R-4 and
R-5 zoning. Mrs. Rogers is planning to sell a portion of
the property to Gospel Temple Baptist Church for u
development of a church facility (Item 20.1 on this
agenda) .
If approved, Lots 2, 4-10, Block 9, McCarthy's Addition,
Lot 10 and the South 4 of Lot 11, Block 8, Oak Terrace
Addition would revert to R-4 zoning. Lots 11 and 12, Block
9, McCarthy's Addition would revert to R-5 zoning.
C. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff recommends that the POD be revoked; that Ordinance
No. 16,919 be repealed and that the property be returned to
R-4 Two -Family district and R-5 Urban Residence district as
noted in paragraph B. of this report.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (MAY 27, 1999)
The staff presented a positive recommendation on this
application, as there were no further issues for resolution.
There were no objectors to this matter.
The Chairman placed the item before the Commission for inclusion
within the Consent Agenda for approval as recommended by staff.
A motion to that effect was made. The motion passed by a vote
of 8 ayes, 0 nays and 3 absent.
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