HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-3390 Staff AnalysisAugust 28, 1979
Item No. 11 - Z-3391
Owner:
Applicant:
Request:
Purpose:
Existing Zoning:
Location:
Site Characteristics:
Size:
Existing Land Use:
Abutting Land Use
and Zoning:
Zoning History:
Applicable Regulations:
Mrs. Virgil H. Deaton
David Deaton
Rezone to "D" Apartment
Miltifamily development
"A" One family
201 Oak Park Drive
Level - largely open - single family
7000 square feet + _
Single Family Residence
North
- Church
- Zoned
"D"
South
- Single
Family
- Zoned "A"
East -
Single
Family -
Zoned "A"
West -
Single
Family -
Zoned "A"
None
Zoning Ordinance
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FACTUAL INFORMATION
August 28, 1979
Item 11
1. NEED AND/OR DEMAND
The applicant has stated a desire to renovate a garage
apartment on this property.
2. COMPATIBILITY WITH MUNICIPAL PLAN
While the frontage properties along Asher Avenue are given
over to nonresidential use, City plans call for this area
immediately to the south to remain single family
residential. The proposed zoning is not compatible.
3. EFFECT ON ENVIRONS
Neighboring residents of this area have pointed out that Oak
Park Drive provides the only way out of this residential
area and they have said that already great difficulty is
sometimes encountered in trying to enter onto Asher Avenue
from this area. Apartment zoning on a property of this size
(nearly two acres) could produce a significant increase in
traffic in the neighborhood.
4. NEIGHBORHOOD POSITION
Several neighbors have indicated opposition to this
request.
5. PUBLIC SERVICES/EFFECT ON
No adverse comments have been received.
6. UTILITIES/EFFECT ON
No adverse comments have been received.
7. EFFECT ON PUBLIC FINANCES
No particular fiscal effects are expected. However, maximum
development of this property under "D" Apartment zoning
would enhance property values significantly.
August 28, 1979
Item No. 11 - Continued
8. LEGAL COTISIDERATIONS/REASONABLENESS
This property abuts a "D" Apartment zoned land to the north.
However, that property is used for a church and parsonage.
There is no multifamily development in the immediate
neighborhood. Staff feels that because of the street
system in the surrounding development, the requested
zoning is not reasonable.
9. STANDARDS OF QUALITY
No standards of quality have been addressed by the
applicant.
10. TRAFFIC AND STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY CONSIDERATION
Forty-first Street will require additional right-of-way in
upgrading the City standards.
ANALYSIS:
Staff feels that the proposed zoning is incompatible with the
area and that apartment development would have adverse impacts
upon the surrounding properties. A major consideration is the
potential impacts upon traffic from the residential properties
attempting to enter Asher Avenue.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
The staff recommends denial.
COMMISSION ACTION
The applicant was present and stated his desire to renovate an
existing garage apartment. He stated that he had no reason to
rezone the entire property in terms of any future development,
but that he was told that the only way he could have his garage
apartment would be if he were to get the property rezoned.
Several neighbors were present and presented a petition with
some fifty to sixty signatures citing opposition to any apartment
development or apartment zoning on the property and also stating
that Oak Park Drive serves as the only access they have to get
out of their subdivision onto Asher Avenue and out to the rest of
the City. After a brief discussion, the Commission moved to
approve the application as _filed. The application failed:
0 ayes, 10 noes, 1 absent. The application was declared to have
been denied.