DEPARTMENT: Development Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Michael Shannon
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 2
SUBJECT:
Plan Amendment 17090
(Associated Zoning Case Z2017302)
SUMMARY:
Comprehensive Plan Component: Eastern Triangle Community Plan
Plan Adoption Date: May 21, 2009
Plan Update History: None
Current Land Use Category: “Light Industrial”
Proposed Land Use Category: “Industrial”
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Planning Commission Hearing Date: December 13, 2017
Case Manager: Nyliah Acosta
Property Owner: BEME Enterprises, LLC
Applicant: BEME Enterprises, LLC
Representative: Patrick W. Christensen
Location: 6375 US Hwy 87 East
Legal Description: 17.28 acres out of CB 5132
Total Acreage: 17.28
Notices Mailed
Owners of Property within 200 feet: 10
Registered Neighborhood Associations within 200 feet: Lakeside Neighborhood Association
Applicable Agencies: None
Transportation
Thoroughfare: Highway 87 East
Existing Character: Freeway
Proposed Changes: None Known
Thoroughfare: South Foster Road
Existing Character: Secondary Arterial
Proposed Changes: None Known
Public Transit: VIA route 20 is directly in front of the subject Property.
ISSUE:
Comprehensive Plan
Comprehensive Plan Component: Eastern Triangle Community Plan
Plan Adoption Date: May 21, 2009
Update History: None
Plan Goals: Goal 9 promote diversification of businesses and services
Comprehensive Land Use Categories
Land Use Category: Light Industrial
Description of Land Use Category: Light Industrial areas include a mix of light manufacturing uses, office parks and limited retail/service uses that serve the industrial uses. Industrial uses should be screened and buffered from adjoining uses. Any outside storage must be under a roof and screened from public view. Examples of light industrial uses include drug laboratories, furniture wholesalers, lumberyards, tamale factories and warehousing.
Permitted Zoning Districts: C-2, C-3, O-1.5, O-2, L & MI-1
Land Use Category: Industrial
Description of Land Use Category: General Industrial includes heavy manufacturing, processing and fabricating businesses. General industrial uses shall be concentrated at arterials, expressways, and railroad lines. This use is not compatible with residential uses and should be separated from residential uses by an intermediate land use or a significant buffer. Any outside storage must be under a roof and screened from public view.
Permitted Zoning Districts: C-3, O-1.5, O-2, L, I-1, I-2, MI-1 & MI-2
Land Use Overview
Subject Property
Future Land Use Classification:
Light industrial
Current Land Use Classification:
PMI Pipe Steal and Supplies, Vacant Lot
Direction: North
Future Land Use Classification:
Industrial, Low Density Residential
Current Land Use Classification:
Vacant Lots
Direction: East
Future Land Use Classification:
Low Density Residential
Current Land Use Classification:
Mobile Home Park, Automotive, Welding and Machining
Direction: South
Future Land Use Classification:
Community Commercial, Low Density Residential, Agricultural
Current Land Use Classification:
Vacant Lots, and Schaefer Library
Direction: West
Future Land Use Classification:
Low Density Residential, Industrial, Light Industrial, Public Institutional
Current Land Use:
Tiger Sanitation, Automotive, Trailer Services
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
Proximity to Regional Center/Premium Transit Corridor
The subject property is not within a Regional Center or a Premium Transit Corridor.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff Analysis & Recommendation: Staff recommends Approval.
The applicant is seeking a zone change to allow for the ongoing development of a pipe storage and sales business to operate by right, without the nonconforming restrictions. The required land use for the zoning is “Industrial”. The change to “Industrial” would not alter the character of the area, as the surrounding uses are industrial and intense commercial uses.
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.
ZONING COMMISSION SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Z2017302
Current Zoning: "L" Light Industrial District
Proposed Zoning: "I-1" General Industrial District
Zoning Commission Hearing Date: December 5, 2017