city of San Antonio


Some of our meetings have moved. View additional meetings.

File #: 15-3426   
Type: Staff Briefing - Without Ordinance
In control: Board of Adjustment
On agenda: 6/1/2015
Posting Language: A-15-097: A request by Brown & Ortiz, P.C. for a variance from the requirement that the parking lot be hard-surfaced, located at 331 W. Buchanan and 358 W. Villaret Boulevard. (Council District 3)
Attachments: 1. A-15-097 Attachments
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
No records to display.
Case Number:
A-15-097
Applicant:
Brown & Ortiz PC
Owner:
Joel Dauley
Council District:|1313|Location:
331 W Buchanan & 358 W Villaret Boulevard
Legal Description:
Lots 304, S 544.60 feet of W 65 feet of 303 or 303F, E 192 feet of S 340 feet of 303 or 303A, W 70 feet of S 498.32 feet of 302, Block 29, NCB 11128
Zoning:
"R-4 CD AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District with Conditional Use for a Noncommercial Parking Lot
Case Manager:
Margaret Pahl AICP, Senior Planner
Request
A request for a variance from the requirement as described in 35-526 (f) and (j) that the parking lots be hard-surfaced.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located at 331 W Buchanan & 358 W Villaret Boulevard, generally northwest of the Loop 410 Expressway and Moursund Boulevard intersection. The property was the subject of a rezoning case (Z2013129 CD), in which conditional use authorization for a noncommercial parking lot was granted on September 5th, 2013. Section 2 of Ordinance 2013-09-05-0616, stipulates that:
A. The conditional use will not be contrary to the public interest.
B. The conditional use will not substantially nor permanently injure the appropriate use of adjacent conforming property in the same district.
C. The conditional use will be in harmony with the spirit and purpose for conditional uses as set forth in Section 35-422, Conditional Zoning, of the Unified Development Code.
D. The conditional use will not substantially weaken the general purposes of the regulations as set forth in Section 35-422, Conditional Zoning, of the Unified Development Code.
E. The conditional use will not affect adversely the public health, safety, and welfare.
Section 35-526(j) stipulates that additional spaces, i.e. overflow parking, may be permitted so long as the parking has pervious surfacing. The applicant is seeking a variance to waive this requirement so that vehicles can park on the natural grass. The applicant further states that the property owner, a...

Click here for full text