DEPARTMENT: Development Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Michael Shannon
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 10
SUBJECT:
Plan Amendment 17056
(Associated Zoning Case Z2017173)
SUMMARY:
Comprehensive Plan Component: San Antonio International Airport Vicinity Land Use Plan
Plan Adoption Date: May 20, 2010
Current Land Use Category: “Light Industrial” and “Business Park”
Proposed Land Use Category: “Light Industrial”
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Planning Commission Hearing Date: June 14, 2017
Case Manager: Angela Cardona, Planner
Property Owner: Ralph Eugene Mullins & AAA Specialty Carriers, Inc.
Applicant: Johnson Controls Battery Group, Inc.
Representative: Brown & Ortiz, P.C.
Location: 12900-13000 Block of Wetmore Road
Legal Description: 4.266 acres out of NCB 15678
Total Acreage: 4.266 acres
Notices Mailed
Owners of Property within 200 feet: 9
Registered Neighborhood Associations within 200 feet: Oak Groves Estates
Applicable Agencies: None.
Transportation
Thoroughfare: Wetmore Road
Existing Character: Primary Arterial A
Proposed Changes: None Known
Thoroughfare: Thousand Oaks
Existing Character: Primary Arterial A
Proposed Changes: None Known.
Public Transit: The nearest VIA bus route is #502 and is within walking distance of the subject property.
ISSUE:
Comprehensive Plan
Comprehensive Plan Component: San Antonio International Airport Vicinity Plan
Plan Adoption Date: May 20, 2010
Plan Goals: Goal II: Objective 2.1 Upgrade and enhance commercial and business park property that is declined, is currently vacant or is underutilized.
Comprehensive Land Use Categories
Land Use Category: Light Industrial
Description of Land Use Category: A mix of light manufacturing uses and limited ancillary retail and supplier uses that service the industrial ones.
Permitted Zoning Districts: L, BP, C-3, O-1, O-1.5, I-1
Land Use Category: Business Park
Description of Land Use Category: Medium to large sized buildings in a low rise format that house professional, administrative, light manufacturing, flex space and
warehousing functions for private corporations.
Permitted Zoning Districts: BP, C-2, C-3, O-1, O-1.5
Land Use Overview
Subject Property
Future Land Use Classification:
Light Industrial
Current Use:
Warehouse
Direction: North
Future Land Use Classification:
Business Park
Current Use:
Welding and storage
Direction: East
Future Use Classification:
Business Park
Current Use:
Welding and storage
Direction: South
Future Land Use:
Light Industrial
Current Use:
Vacant Lot
Direction: West
Future Land Use Classification:
Business Park
Current Use:
Warehouse and Office Space
Proximity to Regional Center/Premium Transit Corridor
The subject property is not within a Regional Center or within a half mile of a Premium Transit Corridor.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Recommend denial of the proposed amendment to the Airport Vicinity Plan, as presented above.
2. Make an alternate recommendation.
3. Continue to a future date.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
STAFF ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATION: Staff and Planning Commission (7-0) recommend Approval.
The applicant is seeking a change to allow for the development of a new parking lot and office facility as part of the main campus of Johnson Controls. The area surrounding the subject properties are developed as Business Park and Industrial type land uses. The request for a change to the plan amendment to “Light Industrial” will be consistent and compatible with the surrounding properties. The request is also compatible with the land use plan to occupy vacant parcels.
ZONING COMMISSION SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Z2017173
Current Zoning: “L AHOD” Light Industrial Airport Hazard Overlay District and “R-6 AHOD” Residential Single Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Proposed Zoning: “I-1 AHOD” General Industrial Airport Hazard Overlay District
Zoning Commission Hearing Date: June 20, 2017