To:
Board of Adjustment
Case Number:
A-15-044
Date:
March 02, 2015
Applicant:
Learning Schools of Texas
Owner:
Learning Schools of Texas
Council District:|1313|Location:
Approximately 8001 W. Military Road
Legal Description:
Parts of Lots 49 & 50, Block 49, NCB 15391
Zoning:
"C-2 AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District
Prepared By:
Margaret Pahl, AICP Senior Planner
Request
A request for a parking adjustment, authorized in Section 35-526 (b) 7 to allow the development of a school with up to 128 parking stalls.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located at in the United Westwood neighborhood near the Guerra Library. The site includes approximately 7 acres and was purchased for construction of a 43,000 square foot public charter school serving grades 6 through 12. They anticipate an enrollment of 600 students and 35 teachers. The parking table in the Unified Development Code, 35-526 (3b) includes a maximum number of parking stalls as 2 per classroom, which for this school would allow just 48 parking stalls. The administration is hoping to accommodate parking for the parent volunteers and student drivers, as well as account for graduation, parent-teacher conferences and similar activities. For these activities, they are requesting approval to build 128 parking stalls.
The Institute of Transportation Engineers produces a report entitled Parking Generation which studied parking demand associated with a wide variety of uses. Schools were included in this report. For High Schools, they surveyed both suburban and urban types of schools. According to their research, the range of parking demand for a school this size is between 78 and 186. This supports their request with an average of 132 stalls among the two extremes.
Subject Property Zoning/Land Use+
Existing Zoning
Existing Use
"C-2 AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District
Vacant land
Surrounding Zoning/Land Use
Orientation
Existing Zoning District(s)
Existing Use
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