DEPARTMENT: EastPoint & Real Estate Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Etienne
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 10
SUBJECT: Disposition ROW closure (alley between Anacacho and O'Connor)
SUMMARY: An ordinance authorizing the closure of a 0.3910 acre unimproved alley right-of-way located in Council District 10 between Anacacho Road and O'Connor Road as requested by Big Diamond LLC.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
This ordinance will authorize the closure of a 0.3910 acre unimproved alley right-of-way located in Council District 10 between Anacacho Road and O'Connor Road as requested by Big Diamond LLC.
CST Brands, a Fortune 500 Company based in San Antonio, is one of the largest retailers of motor fuels and convenience merchandise in North America. CST has approximately 1,900 locations throughout the southwest and nearly 12,000 employees.
Big Diamond, LLC (petitioner) is a subsidiary of CST. It purchased properties at the corner of Stahl Road and O'Connor Road to develop a Corner Store. Development of the property will include a 4,000 square foot store for convenience items and limited prepared food sales, an automated car wash, and fuel station for purchase of gasoline and diesel fuel. The petitioner had the property rezoned to Community Commercial under Ordinance 2014-09-18-0726. The properties are separated by an unimproved alley right-of-way. The petitioner requested the city close, vacate and abandon its interest in the alley to allow for the store development. The petitioner intends to replat the property and will incorporate its approximate one-half portion of the alley into the store footprint. The replat process has been initiated, and a traffic impact analysis is under review. The proposed level of investment is $4,000,000.00 and the company intends to employ 30 people.
Each property owner abutting the right-of-way is the underlying fee owner, so if the closure is authorized, the property owners interest in the right-of-way is unencum...
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