DEPARTMENT: Development Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Michael Shannon
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 2
SUBJECT:
Plan Amendment 18050
(Associated Zoning Case Z2018165)
SUMMARY:
Comprehensive Plan Component: Eastern Triangle Community Plan
Plan Adoption Date: May 21, 2009
Current Land Use Category: “Rural Living”
Proposed Land Use Category: “Low Density Residential”
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Planning Commission Hearing Date: April 25, 2018
Case Manager: Marco Hinojosa, Planner
Property Owner: Kenneth Ray Rothe
Applicant: Kenneth Ray Rothe
Representative: Brown & Ortiz, P.C. (c/o James B. Griffin)
Location: 5753 New Sulphur Springs Road
Legal Description: 125.092 acres out of NCB 35524 and NCB 35132
Total Acreage: 125.092
Notices Mailed
Owners of Property within 200 feet: 161
Registered Neighborhood Associations within 200 feet: Lakeside Neighborhood Association
Applicable Agencies: None
Transportation
Thoroughfare: New Sulphur Springs Road
Existing Character: Secondary Arterial Type A
Proposed Changes: None Known
Public Transit: VIA bus routes are not within walking distance of the subject property.
Routes Served: NA
Comprehensive Plan
Comprehensive Plan Component: Eastern Triangle Community Plan
Plan Adoption Date: May 21, 2009
Plan Goals:
• OVERALL GOAL: A well maintained community with a diverse housing stock that meets the needs of current and future residents through all stages of life
• Goal 12: Develop more good, very good, and excellent quality or better constructed housing for all residents, from young adults to the elderly, within the planning area.
• Objective 12.5: Encourage home ownership and promote programs that aid in creating more homeownership opportunities
Comprehensive Land Use Categories
Land Use Category: “Rural Living”
Description of Land Use Category:
Rural Living supports the principles of preserving rural residential character while retaining open space and scenic corridors. The Rural Living classification may provide a transitional area between more urbanized dense development and significantly rural, open and agricultural land uses.
Residential uses are composed mainly of single-family dwellings on individual estate lots. Clustered subdivisions that increase residential densities, in an effort to preserve greater areas of open space and agricultural lands, are encouraged. Village and hamlet form based development patterns are also encouraged. Specific non-residential activities, such as schools, places of worship and parks, are appropriate within these areas and should be centrally located to provide easy accessibility. Gated communities are not allowed in this land use category.
Permitted Zoning Districts: RP, RD, RE & FBZD
Comprehensive Land Use Categories
Land Use Category: “Low Density Residential”
Description of Land Use Category:
Low Density Residential Development includes Single Family Residential Development on individual lots.
This form of development should be located away from major arterials, and can include certain non-residential uses such as schools, places of worship, and parks that are centrally located for convenient neighborhood access.
Permitted Zoning Districts: RP, RE, FR, RD, R-20, NP-15, NP-10, NP-8, R-6, R-5, R-4, & PUD
Land Use Overview
Subject Property
Future Land Use Classification:
Rural Living
Current Land Use Classification:
Vacant
Direction: North
Future Land Use Classification:
Low Density Residential
Current Land Use Classification:
Single-Family Residences
Direction: East
Future Land Use Classification:
Low Density Residential
Current Land Use Classification:
Single Family Residences
Direction: South
Future Land Use Classification:
OCL
Current Land Use Classification:
Vacant
Direction: West
Future Land Use Classification:
Low Density Residential/Rural Living
Current Land Use:
Manufactured Homes/Vacant
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
Proximity to Regional Center/Premium Transit Corridor
The property is not located within a Regional Center or half a mile of a Premium Transit Corridor.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff Analysis & Recommendation: Staff recommends Approval.
The proposed land use amendment from “Rural Living” to “Low Density Residential” is requested in order to rezone the property to “R-4” Residential Single-Family District. This is consistent with the Eastern Triangle Community Plan’s goal to develop more good, very good, and excellent quality or better constructed housing for all residents, from young adults to the elderly, within the planning area. The future land use classification for the property is “Rural Living”, which is starting to be incompatible with the existing and emerging single-family residential uses along New Sulphur Springs Road. The proposed Plan Amendment to “Low Density Residential” is a compatible future land use that matches the surrounding properties. Also, the “Low Density Residential” future land use classification will add diverse housing stock that meets the needs of current and future residents.
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: Z2018165
Current Zoning: “R-6” Residential Single-Family District
Proposed Zoning: "R-4” Residential Single-Family District
Zoning Commission Hearing Date: May 1, 2018