DEPARTMENT: Development Services
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 3
SUBJECT:
Plan Amendment 16036
(Associated Zoning Case Z2016119)
SUMMARY:
Comprehensive Plan Component: Eastern Triangle Community Plan
Plan Adoption Date: May 21, 2009
Current Land Use Category: Neighborhood Commercial
Proposed Land Use Category: Community Commercial
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Planning Commission Hearing Date: April 13, 2016
Case Manager: Mary Moralez-Gonzales, Planner
Property Owner: Don Clauson CEO, Boxwood Self Service Storage LLC
Applicant: Jerry Arredondo
Representative: Jerry Arredondo
Location: 2255, 2257, and 2261 South WW White Road
Legal Description: Lot 14, Block 2, NCB 10764, Lot 10, Block 2, NCB 10764, and the South 89.5 Feet of Lot 2, Block 2, NCB 10764
Total Acreage: 0.9820
Notices Mailed
Owners of Property within 200 feet: 19
Registered Neighborhood Associations within 200 feet: Comanche Community and Jupe Manor Neighborhood Association
Applicable Agencies: None
Transportation
Thoroughfare: South WW White Road
Existing Character: Principal Primary Arterial A
Proposed Changes: None known
Public Transit: VIA bus route #28 stops at the corner of Sinclair Road and South WW White Road.
ISSUE:
Plan Adoption Date: May 21, 2009
Update History: None
Goal 8: Expand and Build Thriving Commercial Corridors
Objective 8.1: Identify specific corridors for revitalization and create strategic plans for redevelopment
8.1.3. Focus on South WW White Road and Rigsby Road as commercial corridors and encourage the establishment of more service industry businesses
Comprehensive Land Use Categories
Neighborhood Commercial: Neighborhood Commercial includes less intense commercial uses with low-impact convenience, retail, or service functions. Examples of uses include convenience stores, small insurance or doctor’s offices bakeries, small restaurants, bookstores, antique shops, copy services, veterinarian’s offices, or small, neighborhood sized grocery stores. Locations for Neighborhood Commercial include arterials and collectors where they meet arterials, other collectors, or residential streets. Neighborhood Commercial can serve as an appropriate buffer between low, medium, and high density residential uses, or between an arterial and low density residential.
Related Zoning Districts: NC, O-1, C-1
Comprehensive Land Use Categories
Community Commercial: Community Commercial provides for offices, professional services, and retail uses of moderate intensity and impact. Examples of uses include a grocery store, a medical office, music store, shoe store, nursery, or mailing services store.
Community Commercial should be located along arterials, preferably at intersections with other arterials or collectors. Community Commercial can serve as an appropriate buffer between low, medium, and high density residential uses, or between an arterial and low density residential.
Example Zoning Districts:
NC, O-1, O-1.5, C-1, C-2, & C-2P
Land Use Overview
Subject Property
Future Land Use Classification
Neighborhood Commercial
Current Use
Vacant Residential and Vacant Land
North
Future Land Use Classification
Neighborhood Commercial
Current Use
Commercial Use
East
Future Land Use Classification
Neighborhood Commercial
Current Use
Commercial Use
South
Future Land Use Classification
Neighborhood Commercial
Current Use
Commercial Uses and Vacant Land
West
Future Land Use Classification
Low Density Residential
Current Use
Residential
LAND USE ANALYSIS:
The applicant requests this plan amendment to develop a climate-controlled self-service storage with more than 5000 square feet. The applicant proposes to expand the existing self-service storage business to the north and immediately adjacent to the subject properties. The proposed plan amendment and related zoning change request follow the current pattern for development of the area and support the goals of the Eastern Triangle Community Plan to focus on South WW White Road and Rigsby Road as commercial corridors and encourage the establishment of more service industry businesses.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Recommend denial of the proposed amendment to the Eastern Triangle Community Plan, as presented above.
2. Make an alternate recommendation.
3. Continue to a future date.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends Approval. The proposed amendment to Community Commercial land use classification will not significantly alter the land use pattern or character of the immediate area as the proposed change is compatible with the existing surrounding pattern of development.
ZONING COMMISSION SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Z2016119
Current Zoning: "C-1" Light Commercial District
Proposed Zoning: "C-2" Commercial District
Zoning Commission Hearing Date: April 19, 2016