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File #: 14-2860   
Type: Zoning Case
In control: City Council A Session
On agenda: 12/4/2014
Posting Language: ZONING CASE # Z2015007 (District 2): An Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "AE-3 HS AHOD" Historic Significant Arts and Entertainment-3 Airport Hazard Overlay District to "IDZ HS AHOD" Historic Significant Infill Development Zone Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in "D" Downtown District on Lots 1 & 2 and all of Lots 3-18, Block 1, NCB 595; All of Lots 1-18, Block A, NCB 593 located at 1617 and 1631 East Commerce Street. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend approval.
Attachments: 1. Location Map, 2. Site Plan, 3. Z2015007, 4. DRAFT ORDINANCE, 5. Ordinance 2014-12-04-0981
DEPARTMENT: Development Services

DEPARTMENT HEAD: Roderick Sanchez

COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 2

SUBJECT:
Zoning Case Z2015007

SUMMARY:
Current Zoning: "AE-3 HS AHOD" Historic Significant Arts and Entertainment-3 Airport Hazard Overlay District

Requested Zoning: "IDZ HS AHOD" Historic Significant Infill Development Zone Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in "D" Downtown District

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Zoning Commission Hearing Date: November 4, 2014

Case Manager: Krystin Ramirez, Planner

Property Owner: Friedrich Lofts, Ltd. (by Millennium Urban Village, Inc., General Partner, by John Miller, President)

Applicant: Friedrich Lofts, Ltd. (by Millennium Urban Village, Inc., General Partner, by John Miller, President)

Representative: Brown & Ortiz, P. C. (James McKnight)

Location: 1617 and 1631 East Commerce Street

Legal Description: Lots 1 & 2 and all of Lots 3-18, Block 1, NCB 595; All of Lots 1-18, Block A, NCB 593

Total Acreage: 5.886

Notices Mailed
Owners of Property within 200 feet: 33
Registered Neighborhood Associations within 200 feet: Dignowity Hill Neighborhood Association
Planning Team: Dignowity Hill Planning Team - 23
Applicable Agencies: Office of Historic Preservation

Property Details
Property History: The subject property is located within the original city limits as established in 1938, and was originally zoned "J" Commercial District. A 1999 rezoning case designated the property as Historic Significant and in 2005 City Council approved to change the zoning from "I-1 HS" Historic Significant General Industrial District to "IDZ HS" Historic Significant Infill Development Zone District. In 2009, a large area rezoning case, which established an Arts and Entertainment District, designated the property as an "AE-3" Arts and Entertainment District.

Additionally, in the September 17, 2014 Historic and Design Review Commission (HDRC) meeting, the c...

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