Case Number:
A-15-125
Applicant:
Stripes, LLC
Owner:
Money Cay, LLC
Council District:|1313|Location:
7622 South Presa Street
Legal Description:
Lot 20, NCB 10930
Zoning:
"C-2 MC-2 RIO-6 AHOD" Commercial South Presa Metropolitan Corridor Overlay River Improvement Overlay Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Logan Sparrow, Senior Planner
Request
A request for 1) a variance from the River Improvement Overlay design requirement that shared driveways shall not exceed 25 feet in width, as described in Section 35-672(b)(1)(B) to allow one driveway that is 40 feet wide and another that is 45 feet wide and 2) a 511 square foot variance from the maximum 50 square foot sign area limitation, as described in Section 35-678(e) to allow a total of 561 square feet of signage on the subject property and 3) a variance from the South Presa Metropolitan Corridor design requirement that 30% of a street wall fa?ade include a three foot wide planting strip, as described in Section D-10.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located at the southeast intersection of the SE Military Road and South Presa Street intersection. Stripes, LLC, the applicant, is seeking three variances from multiple sections of code to allow wider ingress/egress points, increased signage, and an elimination of a three foot wide planting strip to construct a convenience store with a gas station. The location will also contain a Laredo Taco restaurant. The subject property is located in both the "MC-2" South Presa Metropolitan Corridor Overlay District and the "RIO-6" River Improvement Overlay District. As stated in the corridor's applicability section, when a conflict between corridor standards and RIO standards arises, RIO standards take precedence. All variances being requested by the applicant are variances from the more restrictive of the two standards.
The River Improvement Overlay District contains the more severe set of restrictions regarding the width of ingress and egress points. The RIO...
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