HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-6978 Staff AnalysisMarch 22, 2001
ITEM NO.: 3
FILE NO.: Z-6978
Owner:
Harold W. and Betty Thomas
Applicant:
Thomas M. Draper
Location:
West of 7618 Fluid Drive
Request:
Rezone from R-2 to C-3
Purpose:
Unspecified future development
Size:
5.24± acres
Existing Use:
Undeveloped
SURROUNDING LAND
USE AND ZONING
North - School; zoned R-2
South - Industrial tire recapping and sales business;
zoned PID
East - Undeveloped and multiple commercial uses;
zoned C-3
West - Single -Family; zoned R-2
PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS
1. Property proposed for rezoning does not have street
frontage. Replat or provide access easement.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT
A CATA Bus Route is located on Fourche Dam Pike, just east
of this site.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
All owners of property located within 200 feet of the site,
all residents within 300 feet who could be identified and
the Hermitage Neighborhood Association were notified of the
rezoning request.
March 22, 2001
ITEM NO.: 3 (Cont.)
LAND USE PLAN ELEMENT
The site is located in the
adopted Land Use Plan reco:
The commercial rezoning re
Plan. Staff believes it i
OS strip along the western
adjacent to single family.
FILE NO.: Z-6978
Port Planning District. The
mends Commercial for the site.
uest conforms to the adopted
appropriate to place a 50' wide
perimeter, where the site is
The property is in an area not covered by a neighborhood
action plan. No action plan is forecasted for the near
future.
STAFF ANALYSIS
The request before the Commission is to rezone this 5.24±
acre tract from "R-2" Single Family to 11C-3" General
Commercial. The property is former farmland and has been
cleared and mowed for many years. Once the tract is
rezoned, it will be combined with the adjacent C-3 zoned
tract to the east that fronts onto Fluid Drive. This
adjacent tract is also owned by the same. individuals. There
are no specific, immediate development plans.
The properties to the east, along Fluid Drive and Fourche
Dam, are zoned C-3 and contain a variety of commercial uses
including two convenience stores, a restaurant and a hotel.
An industrial tire recapping and sales business is located
on the PID zoned tract adjacent to the south. Badgett
Elementary School is located north of the site. The
Richland Subdivision is located west of the site. A
substantial drainage ditch separates the subject property
from the single-family homes in the Richland Subdivision.
Some small amount of screening is provided by trees and
undergrowth located along the ditch.
The C-3 zoning is certainly compatible with the existing
commercial and industrial uses and zoning in the area. The
site is located far enough from the school building itself
that the City's required buffers and landscaping should
provide adequate screening and buffering of any commercial
development from the school. Staff believes it would be
appropriate to require a 50' wide OS Open Space strip along
the western perimeter of the subject property to provide
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March 22, 2001
ITEM NO.: 3 (Cont.)
FILE NO.: Z-6978
additional protection for the single family homes in
Richland Subdivision. This 50 -foot strip corresponds to the
maximum buffer required for a commercial property of this
depth and is only slightly larger than the minimum
requirement of 39.47 feet. It would be consistent with past
actions in the area where a similar sized OS strip has been
installed along the southern perimeter of Richland
Subdivision and along the southern perimeter of Hermitage
Home Sites, located east of Fourche Dam.
The C-3 zoning conforms to the adopted Land Use Plan and,
with the 50 foot OS strip on the west, should be compatible
with uses and zoning in the area.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of
western 50 feet of the tract
serve as a buffer.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
the C-3 zoning, with the
to be zoned OS, Open Space to
(MARCH 22, 2001)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present.
Staff presented the item and a recommendation of approval of
the C-3 zoning, with the western 50 feet to be zoned OS.
Staff informed the Commission that the applicant had agreed
with staff's recommendation.
The item was placed on the Consent Agenda and approved as
recommended by staff. The vote was 9 ayes, 0 noes and
2 absent.
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