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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-4441 Staff AnalysisMay 28, 1985 Item No. 7 - Z-4441 Owner: Gladys P. Linthicum Applicant: Same Location: 5300 West 65th Street (West of Lancaster) Request: Rezone from "R-2" Single Family to "C-3" General Commercial Purpose: Commercial Size: 13,500 square feet Existing Use: Vacant SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING: North - Vacant, Zoned "I-2" South - Commercial, Zoned "C-3" East - Vacant, Zoned "C-3" West - Vacant, Zoned "I-2" STAFF ANALYSIS: The request is to rezone the lot to "C-3" for a commercial/retail use. This particular site has "C-3" on two sides and abuts 11I-2" on the west and.north property lines. The property is the only remaining "R-2" piece fronting West 65th Street within approximately 1,000 feet in either direction of the intersection with Lancaster. Because of the location and the existing zoning pattern, a "C-3" reclassification is appropriate for the site. Engineering reports that an access shall be approved onto West 65th by the traffic engineer. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the "C-3" request. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: The applicant was present. There were no objectors in attendance. The Commission voted to recommend approval of the 11C-3" request as,filed. The vote - 9 ayes, 0 noes and 2 absent. May 28, 1985 Item No. 8 - Continued 2. The site is three residential lots and occupied by substandard nonresidential structures. There are also some automobiles on the property that appear to be inoperable. The lots are heavily overgrown and an eyesore for the neighborhood. (During a site visit, a resident complained about all of the snakes and rats coming from the property.) 3. There are no right-of-way requirements or Master Street Plan issues associated with this request. 4. There have been no adverse comments received from the reviewing agencies as of this writing. 5. There are no legal issues. 6. The property has had a nonresidential use on it in the past but not recently. There is no documentation to establish a nonconforming status for the lot. Based on the calls received by staff, the residents of the neighborhood are opposed to the 11C-4" rezoning. 7. Staff recognizes that the existing 11I-3" zoning and use have impacted the property in question, but is concerned .that the approval of the 11C-4" will only add to those problems and adversely effect the livability of the neighborhood. To the west of the site, the residential character of the area has been maintained for the most part with the exception of a trucking concern seven blocks to the west. With the amount of vacant land found in the area, a residential rezoning beyond the existing lines could encourage similar actions for those tracts and further compound the neighborhood's problems. Staff does not support the request because of being misplaced, the potential for adding to the existing problems and adversely impacting the neighborhood. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends denial of the 11C-4" request. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: The applicant, Bill Barger, was present. There were four objectors in attendance. Mr. Barger spoke and gave a brief history of the property. He said that the lots had been used for a lumber warehouse in the past and the current use, May 28, 1985 Item No. 8 - Continued an auto repair garage, occupied the property prior to the necessary zoning being accomplished. He went on to say that the site had been impacted by the rendering plant to the east and noise from the airport. Mr. Barger also said that the auto garage was the only use proposed for the lots and that the substandard wood structures would be removed. There was a long discussion by the appearance of the property and other problems. Mrs. Mae Jones then spoke in opposition to the rezoning request. She informed the Commission that she had lived on the west side of Rogers for 32 years and that the residents wanted to maintain the residential character of the neighborhood. Mrs. Jones went on to say that the lots needed to be cleaned and it was not a good place to have an auto garage. After some additional comments, the Planning Commission voted on the rezoning as filed. The vote - 0 ayes, 9 noes and 2 absent. The request was denied. May 28, 1985 Item No. 7 - Z-4441 Owner: Gladys P. Linthicum Applicant: Same Location: 5300 West 65th Street (West of Lancaster) Request: Rezone from "R-2" Single Family to "C-3" General Commercial Purpose: Commercial Size: 13,500 square feet Existing Use: Vacant SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING: North - Vacant, Zoned "I-2" South - Commercial, Zoned "C-3" East - Vacant, Zoned "C-3" West - Vacant, Zoned "I-2" STAFF ANALYSIS: The request is to rezone the lot to "C-3" for a commercial/retail use. This particular site has "C-3" on two sides and abuts "I-2" on the west and north property lines. The property is the only remaining "R-2" piece fronting West 65th Street within approximately 1,000 feet in either direction of the intersection with Lancaster. Because of the location and the existing zoning pattern, a "C-3" reclassification is appropriate for the site. Engineering reports that an access shall be approved onto West 65th by the traffic engineer. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the "C-3" request. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: The applicant was present. There were no objectors in attendance. The Commission voted to recommend approval of the "C-3" request as filed. The vote - 9 ayes, 0 noes and 2 absent.