DEPARTMENT: Development Services Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Roderick Sanchez, AICP, CBO
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: District 8
SUBJECT:
An ordinance amending the Unified Development Code related to the design criteria in the "GC-1" Hill Country Gateway Corridor Overlay Zoning District and directing the Development Services Department to initiate a rezoning for certain properties within the "GC-1" Hill Country Gateway Corridor Overlay Zoning District.
SUMMARY:
The proposed ordinance is an amendment to the Unified Development Code's "GC-1" Hill Country Gateway Corridor which makes minor modifications to the corridor for clarity and also creates a major highway node to modify certain requirements in the vicinity of the intersection of IH-10 and Loop 1604. The ordinance also directs the Development Services Department to initiate a rezoning on certain properties within the overlay district.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
San Antonio's Unified Development Code (UDC) includes the requirements and standards for all zoning districts and overlays. In 2003, City Council adopted a gateway corridor overlay district with design criteria for development along either side of IH-10, from UTSA Boulevard northwest to the city limits. Councilmember Ron Nirenberg requested that the Development Services Department analyze the requirements of this overlay and identify any needed updates since its adoption 12 years ago, to include revisions for clarity and establishment of a node. The Development Services Department presented the amendments to the Zoning Commission on May 19, 2015, and to the Infrastructure and Growth Committee on May 20, 2015.
ISSUE:
The "GC-1" Hill Country Gateway Corridor Overlay District was adopted as the first gateway corridor overlay in San Antonio. It includes standards for development in addition to those required of the applicable base zoning districts. The standards include such requirements as building setbacks, fence design regul...
Click here for full text