HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-6703 Staff AnalysisJuly 22, 1999
ITEM NO.: 6 FILE NO.: Z-6703
Owner: Dixie Church of Christ
Applicant: Thomas Hartaway, Jr.
Location: 8501 Fourche Dam Pike
Request: Rezone from I-2 to C-3
Purpose: Construct new church
Size: 4.97± acres
Existing Use: Undeveloped
SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING
North - Single Family; zoned R-2
South - Convenience stores; zoned C-3 and truck sales
and service; zoned I-2
East - Undeveloped; zoned I-2
West - Vacant lot; zoned C-3
PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS
1. Fourche Dam Pike is listed on the Master Street Plan as
a collector street. Dedicate right-of-way to 30 feet
from centerline.
2. East Port Drive is listed on the Master Street Plan as a
commercial street. Dedicate right-of-way to 30 feet from
centerline.
With Building Permit:
3. Widening of streets to 18 feet from centerline with
sidewalks will be required.
4. The minimum Finish Floor elevation of 248' required to
be shown on plat and grading plans.
5. Show storm drainage easements on the plat.
6. Existing topographic information at maximum five foot
contour interval 10 base flood elevation is required.
7. A Sketch Grading and Drainage Plan per Sec. 29-186(e) is
required.
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ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-6703
8. A Grading Permit for Special Flood Hazard Area per
Sec. 29-186(e) is required.
9. A Development Permit for Flood Hazard Area per Sec.
8-283 is required.
10. Contact the ADPC&E for approval prior to start work is
required.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT
The site is located on CATA Bus Route No. 20, College
Station.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
All owners of property located within 200 feet, all
residents within 300 feet of the site and the Hermitage
Property Owners Association were notified of the rezoning
request.
LAND USE PLAN ELEMENT
The property is located in the Port Planning District. The
adopted Plan recommends Commercial for the bulk of the site
and Industrial for a small portion along the eastern
perimeter. The C-3 General Commercial rezoning request
conforms to the adopted Plan. There has been no
neighborhood action plan for this area.
STAFF ANALYSIS
The request before the Commission is to rezone this 4.97±
acre tract from I-2 Light Industrial to C-3 General
Commercial. The site is currently undeveloped and appears
to have recently been farmed. The applicants propose to
build a new church on the site once it is rezoned. Churches
are not permitted in the I-2 district but are permitted in
C-3.
The property is located at the northern edge of the large
commercial/industrial district which extends south, through
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July 22, 1999
ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.
FILE NO.: Z-6703
the Fourche Dam Pike/I-440 Interchange and into the Port
Industrial Park. The north property line of this site forms
the boundary between the commercial/industrial and the R-2
zoned single family properties to the north. Single family
homes abut the site to the north. An area of undeveloped
I-2 property extends to the east. An area of C-3 zoned
properties extends to the west and south. These C-3
properties contain two convenience stores with gas pumps, a
church, a partially constructed hotel and several vacant
tracts. A large truck sales and service business is located
on the I-2 zoned property across East Port Drive, to the
South.
The Port District Land Use Plan recommends Commercial for
the majority of this site. A small portion of the site is
recommended as Industrial on the Plan. The C-3 zoning
request conforms to the adopted Plan and is compatible with
uses and zoning in the area.
The Land Use Plan recommends a 50 foot wide OS strip between
the Industrial east of the site and the abutting single
family homes to the north. Although the Plan does not
recommend an OS strip between this site and the adjacent
homes, staff believes it is appropriate to continued that OS
as a buffer to protect the residential properties. A 50
foot OS strip along the northern perimeter of this site
would roughly correspond to a storm drainage easement which
will be needed at the time of building permit. Staff
reviewed a preliminary site development plan and it appears
that the suggested 50 foot OS strip would fit in well with
the proposed development.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the requested C-3 zoning with
the northern 50 feet of the site to be zoned OS, Open Space.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (JULY 22, 1999)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present.
Staff presented the item and a recommendation of approval of
the requested C-3 zoning with the northern 50 feet of the site
to be zoned OS, Open Space.
The item was placed on the Consent Agenda and approved as
recommended by staff. The vote was 10 ayes, 0 noes and 1 absent.
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