Case Number:
A-15-096
Applicant:
Brown and Ortiz PC
Owner:
Jamro, LTD.
Council District:|13
13|Location:
12305 SW Loop 410
Legal Description:
P 11A, P 12C, NCB 15069
Zoning:
"UD AHOD" Urban Development Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Margaret Pahl AICP, Senior Planner
Request
A request for a 1) variance from the development standards specific to the Urban Development District including block lengths and internal streets, building orientation, and buffers; and 2) a variance from the prohibition against gated access, as specified in Section 35-310.15, to allow a gated multi-family apartment complex served by private driveways with up to 322 units on a 17.3 acre parcel.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located near the Poteet Jordanton Freeway and Loop 410 in the Heritage South Sector Area, a planning document adopted in 2010. The 17-acre project is located in an under-developed section of the City and surrounded by other vacant land. Its only current access is on the Loop 410 freeway frontage road. The property was rezoned to "UD" Urban Development in 2003, soon after the district was created. The intent of the new zoning district was to require creation of a concept called traditional neighborhood design. This design includes an emphasis on the pedestrian experience, with sidewalks and street trees. The regulations dictate block lengths, garage locations, and maximum building setbacks.
The section titled multi-family residential is as follows:
Multi-Family Residential Uses. Multi-family (apartment) units may be built on any "UD" district zoned property with the following limits:
A. Multi-family units may be constructed along any major thoroughfare on the city's major thoroughfare plan, or main street or boulevard, as defined by this chapter at a density of thirty-three (33) units per acre.
B. Multi-family units may be constructed along a collector or avenue not to exceed a density of fifteen (15) units per acre.
C. The front e...
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