HomeMy WebLinkAboutCBC-651-MULLENIX Staff MinutesSeptember 01, 2016
ITEM NO. 1. C.B.C. 651— NEW MATTERS
Applicants
Address:
Description:
❑RDINANCE REQUIRMENTS:
Chapter 15, Sec. 15-96. Perimeter planting strips.
John Johnson,
Williams and Dean Architects
Owner
Mullenix Land Company LLC
Agent
John Johnson,
Williams and Dean Architects
204 Bishop Street
West side of Bishop Street
north of W 3rd and south of
Wolfe Streets
(a) A perimeter planting strip is required along any side of a vehicular use area that abuts adjoining
property or the right-of-way of any street, highway or freeway. This strip shall be at least nine (9) feet
wide. The perimeter planting strip adjacent to freeways or expressways shall be at least thirty (30) feet
wide except within mature areas.
VARIANCE REQUESTED
To allow a reduction of the south side of the Bishop Street driveway perimeter planting strip to be less
than the six (6) feet nine (9) inches that is typically required for developments in areas designated
"mature" by the Department of Planning and Development and approved by the Planning Commission
and the City Beautiful Commission.
To allow groundcover only in the perimeter strip at the south side of the Bishop Street driveway with
the required trees and shrubs to be planted in other locations.
FINDINGS:
The Capitol Zoning District (CAPC - Union Station Neighborhood) property at 204 Bishop Street is
currently occupied by a vacant structure that formerly served as an automobile repair shop. This tract is
located north of West 3rd and south of Wolfe Streets. The parcel extends to a vacant lot to the west and
is bordered by a pest control business to the north, and an unoccupied restaurant space to the south on
the northwest corner of West 3rd and Bishop Streets.
The developer proposes to raze the existing automobile repair shop and construct a four story, 19,000
square foot office building. The proposed structure will have an overall height of fifty-two (52) feet and
be placed adjacent to the existing sidewalk on the Bishop Street property line. A paved parking area with
ten (10) spaces and the required perimeter landscaping strip will be located west of the new building. In
addition the applicant is planning ten (10) parking spaces on the adjacent property to the west and also
proposing to rework the existing parking on the restaurant site at West 3rd and Bishop. The vehicular use
area located on the west property will provide the required landscape perimeters and the restaurant
property parking will be brought into code compliance. Both of these parking areas will be accessible
from West 3rd with the restaurant parking having a secondary entrance from Bishop Street. The
proposed building parking will be accessed by a one way drive from Bishop Street located on the south
side of the new building. This drive will also connect the parking area on the adjacent west property.
The applicant is requesting to allow a portion of the south perimeter of the Bishop Street driveway to be
less than the required six (6) feet (9) inch width. The proposed perimeter planting strip provides an
approximate three (3) feet wide landscape area adjacent to an existing retaining wall located on the
south property line at its eastern narrowest point. The strip then and broadens to the required six (6)
feet (9) inch width as the drive progresses westward. The applicant is also requesting that other than
ground cover the required plant material (one (1) tree and three (3) shrubs for each thirty linear feet)
for this perimeter be relocated to other areas of the site due to the space restrictions.
This item is scheduled to be reviewed by the Capitol Zoning Commission on August 31, 2016.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff is supportive of the request to allow the reduced perimeter landscape strip and the relocation and
planting of the required perimeter trees and shrubs to other areas of the site as purposed.