HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-4605 Staff AnalysisFebruary 25, 1986
Item No. 4 - Z-4605
Owner:
Applicant:
Location:
Request:
Purpose:
Size:
Existing Use:
John Norris
Jimmie M. Treadway
2224 Biscayne Drive
Rezone from "R-2" to 110-1"
Office
1.0 acres
Single Family Residence
SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING:
North - Day -Care, Zoned "R-2"
South - Single Family, Zoned "R-2"
East - Office, Zoned "C-3"
West - Single Family and Multifamily, Zoned
"R-2" and "MF -6"
PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS:
1. The request is to rezone approximately one acre to
"0-1" for an unspecified office use. The property is
located on Biscayne, west of Cantrell Road, but has no
direct access point onto Biscayne. The areas to the
northeast and southeast are nonresidential uses for -the
most part. Directly to the north is a day-care center,
zoned "R-2," and north of that is a large multifamily
project, zoned "C-1." In the immediate vicinity, the
majority of the nonresidential uses, office and
commercial, are east of the site in question. The land
uses to the south and west are primarily single family
and a low density condominium project. This tract acts
as an entrance into the single family neighborhood and
would be the.first zoning encroachment west of the
previously described line should the request be
granted.
2. The site is primarily flat with one single family
structure on the eastern one-half.
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.
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5. There are no apparent legal issues.
6. There is no documented position or history on the site.
7. Because of the property's location and relatively poor
access, staff cannot support the rezoning request.
Staff's position is that the zoning line to the east
should be maintained and any disruption of that line
could have an adverse impact on the properties to the
south and west. Traffic flow and parking are already a
problem in the area and any additional nonresidential
zoning will only intensify that situation.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends denial of the "O-1" request as filed.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
The owner, John Norris, was present. There was one objector
in attendance. Mr. Norris spoke about the property and gave
a brief history of its use. He said that he planned to sell
it and the new owners were proposing to utilize the existing
structure. There was a long discussion about various
issues. B.L. Gibson, owner of the property directly to the
southwest, voiced his opposition to the request. He
described the area and said that there were problems with
drainage and Glover Street. There were some comments made
about a site plan and refiling the request as a "PCD." At
this point, Mr. Norris agreed to withdrawing the "O-1"
rezoning. A motion was then made to withdraw the request
without prejudice. The motion was approved by a vote of
8 ayes, 0 noes and 3 absent.