DEPARTMENT: Development Services
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 1
SUBJECT:
Plan Amendment 16042
(Associated Zoning Case Z2016144 S)
SUMMARY:
Comprehensive Plan Component: Greater Dellview Area Community Plan
Plan Adoption Date: September 29, 2005
Current Land Use Category: Neighborhood Commercial
Proposed Land Use Category: Community Commercial
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Planning Commission Hearing Date: May 11, 2016
Case Manager: Mary Moralez-Gonzales, Planner
Property Owner: West Avenue Revocable Trust Roy Maas Youth Alternatives, INC
Applicant: Donald Oroian c/o ADA Consulting Group
Representative: Donald Oroian c/o ADA Consulting Group
Location: 3113, 3119, 3123, and 3127 West Avenue
Legal Description: Lots 11, 12, 13, Block 1, NCB 9505
Total Acreage: 0.551
Notices Mailed
Owners of Property within 200 feet: 18
Registered Neighborhood Associations within 200 feet: North Central and Dellview Area
Applicable Agencies: None
Transportation
Thoroughfare: West Avenue
Existing Character: Secondary Arterial Type B
Proposed Changes: None
Thoroughfare: Harwood Drive
Existing Character: Local Road
Proposed Changes: None
Public Transit:
There is a VIA bus routes #505 and #97 stop one block south at the corner of West Avenue and Basse Road.
ISSUE:
Plan Adoption Date: September 29, 2005
Update History: None
Goal 4: Community Development
Objective 4.1: Human Capital
Educate, train, and empower the citizens of today for a brighter economic future tomorrow.
Comprehensive Land Use Categories
Neighborhood Commercial: This category provides for smaller intensity commercial uses such as small-scale retail or offices, professional services, convenience retail, and shop-front retail that serve a market equivalent to a neighborhood. Neighborhood commercial uses should be located at the intersection of residential streets and arterials, and within walking distance of neighborhood residential areas, or along arterials where already established.
Example Zoning Districts:
NC, C-1, C-2P, O-1
Comprehensive Land Use Categories
Community Commercial: This category provides for medium intensity commercial uses that serve a market on the scale of a community comprised of two or more medium sized neighborhoods. Community commercial uses should be located in a nodal fashion, near the intersection of collectors and arterials, the intersection of two arterials, or along arterials where already established.
Example Zoning Districts:
NC, C-1, C-2P, C-2, O-1, O-2
Land Use Overview
Subject Property
Future Land Use Classification
Neighborhood Commercial
Current Use
Tire Shop and Restaurant, Vacant Commercial
North
Future Land Use Classification
Neighborhood Commercial
Current Use
Retail Uses
East
Future Land Use Classification
Low Density Residential
Current Use
Retail Uses
South
Future Land Use Classification
Public/Institutional
Current Use
Youth Center/Transitional Home and Retail Uses
West
Future Land Use Classification
Low Density Residential
Current Use
Residential Uses
LAND USE ANALYSIS:
The applicant requests this plan amendment and associated zoning change in order to develop a transitional home on the subject property. The subject property is adjacent to a transitional home located to the south of the subject property. The proposed amendment to the Community Commercial land use classification is appropriate at this location and meets the plan’s goal of focusing on human capital and helping to educate, train, and empower the citizens of today for a brighter economic future tomorrow.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Recommend approval of the proposed amendment to the Greater Dellview Area Neighborhood Plan, as presented above.
2. Make an alternate recommendation.
3. Continue to a future date.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval. The request to amend the subject property to Community Commercial is appropriate at this location will allow the development of a transitional home and meets the Greater Dellview Area Community Plan’s goal of focusing on human capital and helping to educate, train, and empower the citizens of today for a brighter economic future tomorrow.
PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (7-0)
ZONING COMMISSION SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Z2016144 S
Current Zoning: "C-2P AHOD" Commercial Pedestrian Airport Hazard Overlay District and "C-2P CD AHOD" Commercial Pedestrian Airport Hazard Overlay District with Conditional Use for Auto and Small Truck Tire Repair and Auto Muffler Facility (Sale and Installation Only, No Mechanical Services Permitted)
Proposed Zoning: "C-2 S AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District with Specific Use Authorization for Transitional Home
Zoning Commission Hearing Date: May 17, 2016