DEPARTMENT: Development Services
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: District 2
SUBJECT:
Plan Amendment 15028
(Associated Zoning Case Number Z2015124)
SUMMARY:
Comprehensive Plan Component: IH-10 East Corridor Perimeter Plan
Plan Adoption Date: February 22, 2001
Plan Update History: Updated March 20, 2008
Current Land Use Category: Parks/Open Space and Light Industrial
Proposed Land Use Category: General Industrial
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Planning Commission Hearing Date: March 25, 2015
Case Manager: Oscar Aguilera, Planner
Property Owner: SRPFA/FM78 San Antonio, LP
Applicant: Brown & Ortiz, PC
Representative: Brown & Ortiz, PC
Location: Approximately 2.536 acres of land being Lots 1 and 9 out of NCB 17729, located at 5711 FM 78
Total Acreage: 2.536
Notices Mailed
Owners of Property within 200 feet: 7
Registered Neighborhood Associations within 200 feet: None
Planning Team: 29
Applicable Agencies: None
Transportation
Thoroughfare: Farm to Market Road 78
Existing Character: Primary Arterial Type A
Proposed Changes: None
Thoroughfare: Tacco Street
Existing Character: Local
Proposed Changes: None
Public Transit: There is a VIA bus stop located one block south from the subject property at the intersection of Summer Fest St at Old Seguin Road.
ISSUE:
Plan Adoption Date: February 22, 2001
Update History: March 20, 2008
Plan Goal 3: Improve the quality of life and safety of residents of the IH 10 East Perimeter Planning area by addressing incompatible land uses.
Comprehensive Land Use Categories
Light Industrial: Light Industrial areas include a mix of light manufacturing uses, office park and limited retail/service uses that serve the industrial uses. Industrial uses should be screened and buffered from adjoining uses. Any outside storage must be under a roof and screened from public view.
Examples of light industrial uses include drug laboratories, furniture
Wholesalers, lumberyards, tamale factories and warehousing
Permitted Zoning Districts: C-3 & L
Comprehensive Land Use Categories
Park/Open Space: Parks/Open Space includes both, public and private, lands available for active use (playgrounds, athletic fields), passive enjoyment (trails, greenbelts, plazas, courtyards) or environmental protection (natural areas, urban forests, wetlands).
Permitted Zoning Districts: None
Land Use Overview
Subject Property
Future Land Use Classification: Park Open Space/ Light Industrial
Current Use Classification: Warehouse Facility
Direction: North
Future Land Use Classification: Park Open Space/ Light Industrial
Current Use: Warehouse Facility
Direction: East
Future Land Use Classification: Light Industrial
Current Use: Industrial Use
Direction: South
Future Land Use Classification: UZROW
Current Use: Farm to Market Road 78
Direction: West
Future Land Use Classification: OCl
Current Use: Vacant Land and Industrial Uses
Land Use Analysis
The subject property consists of a warehouse facility. The applicant requests this plan amendment and associated zoning change in order to bring the subject property into compliance with applicable zoning regulations. The subject properties are zoned"C-3R"General Commercial Restrictive Alcoholic Sales District and "C-3"General Commercial District. Warehouse uses of this intensity are not allowed by right under this land use classification and zoning designation. The proposed amendment to General Industrial will provide consistency with the existing land use and allow the applicant to seek the appropriate zoning classification. The subject property location along FM 78, a major transportation corridor, together with its close proximity to existing Industrial uses and Industrial zoning designations make it appropriate for the General Industrial Land use classification. The development of the subject property with the General Industrial land use classification will contribute toward the IH-10 East Corridor Perimeter Plan vision of compatibility by not significantly altering the existing development pattern.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Recommend denial of the proposed amendment to the IH-10 Corridor Perimeter Plan.
2. Make an alternate recommendation.
3. Defer the application to a future date.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval. The subject property location along FM 78, a major transportation corridor, together with its close proximity to existing industrial uses and industrial zoning designations make it appropriate for the General Industrial Land Use classification. The development of the subject property with the General Industrial land use classification will contribute toward the IH-10 East Corridor Perimeter Plan vision of compatibility by not significantly altering the existing development pattern.
ZONING COMMISSION SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Z2015124
Current Zoning: "C-3R AHOD" General Commercial Restrictive Alcoholic Sales Airport Hazard Overlay District, and "C-3 AHOD" General Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District.
Proposed Zoning: "I-1 AHOD" General Industrial Airport Hazard Overlay District
Zoning Commission Hearing Date: April 7, 2015.