DEPARTMENT: Development Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Roderick J. Sanchez
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 2
SUBJECT:
Plan Amendment PA 15010
(Associated Zoning Case Number Z2015070 CD)
SUMMARY:
Comprehensive Plan Component: Arena/Eastside District Community Plan
Plan Adoption Date: December 4, 2003
Plan Update History: December 4, 2008
Current Land Use Category: Medium Density Residential
Proposed Land Use Category: Community Commercial
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Planning Commission Hearing Date: January 14, 2015
Case Manager: Ernest Brown, Planner
Property Owner: Dante Lopez and Nestor Lopez
Applicant/Representative: Brown and Ortiz, P.C. (by James McKnight)
Location: 1317 and 1332 S New Braunfels Avenue; 505 and 511 Porter Street
Total Acreage: 0.706 acres
Notices Mailed
Owners of Property within 200 feet: 39
Registered Neighborhood Associations within 200 feet: Denver Heights Neighborhood Association
Applicable Agencies: None
Transportation
Thoroughfare: South New Braunfels Avenue
Existing Character: Primary Arterial, Type B; two lanes each direction with sidewalks both sides
Proposed Changes: None known
Thoroughfare: Porter Street
Existing Character: Local Street, Type B; two lanes in each direction, sidewalk on both sides.
Proposed Changes: None known
Public Transit: Several VIA bus stops are located immediately across the street from the subject property and on the south side of subject property fronting Porter Street. Bus route 20 operates along New Braunfels Avenue and route 28 operates along Porter Street.
ISSUE:
Plan Adoption Date: December 4, 2003
Update History: December 4, 2008
Goal - Land Use Plan
Develop commercial / retail nodes that are adjacent and convenient to residential neighborhoods.
Comprehensive Land Use Categories
MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL: Medium Density Residential includes small lot single-family development, accessory dwellings, duplexes...
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