DEPARTMENT: Development Services
SUBJECT:
MTD Bartholomew Subdivision 160402
SUMMARY:
Request by Drake Thompson, McMillian Texas Development, LLC, for approval to subdivide a tract of land to establish MTD Bartholomew Subdivision, generally located south of Redland Road and west of Jones-Maltsberger Road. Staff recommends Approval. (Martha Bernal, Planner, (210) 207-0210 Martha.Bernal@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department)
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Council District: 10
Filing Date: March 1, 2017
Owner: Drake Thompson, McMillian Texas Development, LLC
Engineer/Surveyor: KFW Engineers.
Staff Coordinator: Martha Bernal, Planner, (210) 207-0210
ANALYSIS:
Zoning:
"R-6" Single-Family Residential
Variance Request:
On November 2, 2016, the applicant requested a variance from Section 35-506 (r)2(C) of the Unified Development Code (UDC) regarding residential lots located a maximum of forty (40) feet from an arterial right-of-way. The Development Services Department, Engineering Section has no objection to the granting of the variance as indicated in the attached report (ATTACHMENT #2).
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS:
Per State Law, Section, 212.009 and Unified Development Code (UDC), Section 35-432(d) the Planning Commission considers staff review of the variance request along with the plat.
In accordance with UDC 35-483 the Planning Commission shall render a written finding of the variance by approving, denying, or approving with conditions.
1. Approve with conditions: In granting variances, the commission may impose such reasonable conditions as will ensure that the property will be as compatible as practical with the regulations and surrounding properties.
2. Approval criteria: The planning commission may grant variances if it concludes that strict compliance with regulations would result in practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships for the applicant and that, by granting the variance, the spir...
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