Case Number:
A-17-120
Applicant:
Jarred Corbell
Owner:
Bexar Bartlett, LLC
Council District:|1010|Location:
511 Brackenridge Avenue
Legal Description:
Lots 11-20, and 31-40, Block 8, NCB 1070
Zoning:
"MF-33 NCD-6 AHOD" Multi-Family Mahncke Park Neighborhood Conservation Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Margaret Pahl, AICP, Senior Planner
Request
A request for variances from the Mahncke Park Neighborhood Conservation District standards for the following: 1) a 5 foot variance from the 20 foot rear setback; 2) a variance from the provision that limit multi-family building massing from exceeding 50 feet and 80 feet in width; 3) a variance from the minimum spacing between buildings to allow buildings as close as 11 feet; and 4) a variance from the provision that requires parking to be located behind the front fa?ade, each as described in UDC 35-335.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located in the southeast corner of Mahncke Park, with two property lines shared with Fort Sam Houston. The applicant has purchased an entire block and is in the process of requesting a street vacation to abandon the dead-end portion of Brackenridge Avenue, along with an internal alley. If these two public rights of way are abandoned, the city will sell the property at fair market value, enlarging the project 50 feet to the south and by nearly 15,000 square feet.
The project will include 2.39 acres, if the street is vacated. The portion of the project that is located within the street right of way is not eligible for consideration at this time. An additional variance application will be required at some point in the future if this property is incorporated into the project. Without the street right of way, the lot area is 2 acres and is currently zoned MF-33, multi-family residential with 33 units per acre, which could permit up to 66 units now, or 79 units with the additional acreage from the street right of way. As proposed, the project currently includes 45 reside...
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