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March 30, 1982
Item No. 5 - Z-3808
Owner: J.T. Jaynes
Applicant: J.T. Jaynes
Location: 5210 Mabelvale Pike
Request• Rezone from "R-2" Single Family
to 11C-1" Neighborhood Commercial
Purpose: Mixed Use (Commercial/Multifamily)
Size: 1.93 acres +
Existing Use: Single Family
SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING:
North - Single Family, Zoned "R-2"
South - Single Family, Zoned "R-2"
East -- Commercial and Multifamily, Zoned "C-3"
West - Single Family, Zoned "R-2"
PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS:
No adverse comments have been received from any reviewing
agency regarding this request. Engineering reports that
access restrictions will apply due to visibility problems
along Mabelvale Pike. There will be a 10 -foot right-of-way
easement required from the applicant if zoning is approved.
This property does not have sufficient width to permit
conventional platting for single family development. Its
relationship with the existing commercial uses and the minor
arterial street (Mabelvale Pike) tends to make it more
suitable for nonresidential development.
Staff is concernned with the staging of development on this
project. The applicant has indicated that his immediate use
of the property will be the conversion of the existing
single family house for commercial use. His long-range
plans are to construct multifamily dwellings on the rear of
the property. The "C-1" zoning requested will permit both
uses. Staff supports the applicant's plan in concept but is
not ready to accept "C-1" zoning on the entire property
without further commitments.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of "C-1" on the south 175 feet of
the property and recommends no change on the remainder at
this time.
March 30, 1982
Item No. 5-- Z"3808 - Continued
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
The applicant was present, and there were seven objectors
also present. The applicant stated that he planned to
convert the existing house into an antique and used
furniture store. He stated further that his future plans
called for building apartments on the rear of the property
which would be designed for and rented to adult renters,
predominantly the elderly. There was considerable
discussion about his future plans. He stated that he was
not definite as to the number of units that he would propose
or exactly when such development might take place indicating
that financial considerations and the economy would play a
major part in that decision.
Louise Johnson and Larry Pryor, both objectors to this
application, stated that they were opposed to the zoning
which would permit apartment development on the property,
but had no particular objection to the commercial
development proposed. There was considerable discussion
about drainage problems in the neighborhood, the topography
of the land and the difficulty that some of the existing
apartments in the area cause for the single family residents
nearby.
After a lengthy discussion, a motion was made to approve the
application as filed. That motion failed on a vote of
0 ayes, 10 noes and 1 absent. A substitute motion was made
to recommend approval of "C-1" zoning on the south 175' and
no change on the remainder of the property as per the staff
recommendation. That motion was passed: 10 ayes, 0 noes
and 1 absent.