To:
Board of Adjustment
Case Number:
A-15-049
Date:
March 02, 2015
Applicant:
Core Property Capital
Owner:
1251AH CP, LLC
Council District:|13
13|Location:
1251, 1253, & 1255 Austin Highway
Legal Description:
Lots 21, 22, & 23, Block 34, NCB 9073
Zoning:
"C-3R MC-3 AHOD" General Commercial Restrictive Alcohol Sales Austin Highway / Harry Wurzbach (TAPS Memorial Boulevard) Metropolitan Corridor Overlay Airport Hazard Overlay District & C-2 MC-3 AHOD" Commercial Austin Highway / Harry Wurzbach (TAPS Memorial Boulevard) Metropolitan Corridor Overlay Airport Hazard Overlay District.
Prepared By:
Margaret Pahl, AICP Senior Planner
Request
A request for an 80 foot variance from the minimum 200 foot spacing required from a residential use or district, as described in Section 35-385 (d) 2 to allow a cellular communication tower 120 feet from a residential zoning district.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located within the recently established Austin Highway Metropolitan Corridor Overlay. This design overlay district resulted from a decade of private non-profit work to revitalize this historic corridor to its previous vitality. As such, one of the defining features selected to preserve/mimic was the buildings' proximity to the street. The District has a maximum front setback of 40 feet in an effort to retain streetscape and rhythm among buildings along the corridor.
The subject property is 2.7 acres, mostly vacant, with a cell tower near the front property line. In considering options for future development consistent with the design requirements, the design professionals recommended that the site layout include relocating the cell tower from the middle of the site to an edge where it can be less conspicuous. The proposed new location is behind the proposed building along the east property line, a boundary line shared with a motel.
Subject Property Zoning/Land Use
Existing Zoning
Existing Use
"C-3R MC-3 AHOD" General Commercial Restrictive Alcohol Sales...
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