Case Number:
A-15-165
Applicant:
Leon Capital Group
Owner:
1251 Austin Hwy LP
Council District:|13
13|Location:
1251 Austin Hwy, 1253 Austin Hwy & 1255 Austin Hwy
Legal Description:
Lots 21, 22 & 23, Block 34, NCB 9073
Zoning:
"C-2 MC-3 AHOD" Commercial Austin Highway / Harry Wurzbach (TAPS Memorial Boulevard) Metropolitan Corridor Overlay Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Margaret Pahl AICP, Senior Planner
Request
A request for 1) a 24 foot variance from the maximum 40 foot front setback to allow 3 buildings setback 64 feet; 2) a 2.5 foot variance from the minimum 20 foot side setback to allow a building 17.5 feet from the property line; and 3) a 10 foot variance from the minimum 10 foot bufferyard required along side property lines, each as described in 35-339.01 to allow shared internal circulation for three new buildings.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located in the City's most recent design overlay, Austin Highway/Harry Wurzbach Metropolitan Corridor Overlay District, adopted in March of 2012. The primary goal of the overlay regulations is to encourage the continued revitalization that began with the Austin Highway Revitalization Project (AHRP) in 2002. AHRP was a non-profit board of directors who approved revitalization grants for proposed projects consistent with design requirements. The corridor is recognized as one of the City's first commercial corridors and as such is experiencing a surge in renovation and re-investment.
The applicant is planning to demolish and redevelop the entire 3.7 acre parcel into a medical office, a drive-through restaurant and a mixed retail building. The property owner requested a variance earlier this year to allow the existing cell tower to be relocated from the front of the site. Since that time, they had the property rezoned to remove the restrictive alcohol sales and are working on a subdivision plat to create individual parcels. The proposed development plan requires variances to be bui...
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