DEPARTMENT: Development Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Roderick Sanchez
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 4
SUBJECT:
Resolution for Comprehensive Rezoning
SUMMARY:
Councilman Salda?a requests that City Council, through resolution, direct the Development Services Department to initiate a comprehensive rezoning to appropriate zoning districts consistent with the West/Southwest Sector Plan. The proposed resolution would authorize the Development Services Department to take appropriate steps to bring forward to the Zoning Commission for a recommendation and to City Council for final action, an ordinance amending the zoning of properties located within the boundaries of SW Military Highway to the north; Pitluk Avenue to the south; New Laredo Highway to the east; and Quintana Road to the west.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The West/Southwest Sector Plan was adopted on April 13, 2011. This plan is a document created by a diverse group of stakeholders that is designed to serve as a guide for neighborhood action and future growth and development of the plan area. The plan's key role is to communicate the desires of the neighborhood with City Council as well as with City boards, commissions, committees and staff.
The West/Southwest Sector Plan designates the subject area with Rural Estate Tier land use classification. This land use classification is suited for single family housing on large tracts, minimum 1/2 acre, and limited retail uses such as convenience stores, service stations, and restaurants.
Comprehensive rezoning is utilized to validate the legitimacy of existing uses rendered nonconforming due to the adoption of the 2001 Unified Development Code (UDC), correct historical inconsistencies which deteriorate the integrity of residential neighborhood and commercial corridors, and/or implement and adopted land use element of the Comprehensive Plan.
ISSUE:
The current zoning of the properties within the boundaries show a mixture of in...
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