DEPARTMENT: Planning Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Planning Commission consideration of the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan proposed land use categories.
SUMMARY:
Consideration of amendments to Chapter 35, Unified Development Code, of the City Code of San Antonio, Texas, Section 35-420 (e) (5) Comprehensive Land Use Categories, and Section Sec. 35-A101. - Definitions and Rules of Interpretation: Comprehensive land use category.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Future land use is important because it helps determine where people will live, work, and play in the City of San Antonio, and is the basis for zoning and other land use and development decisions. The City of San Antonio has no single governing regulatory future land use palette, which has resulted in a lack of equity and fairness in several neighborhoods and communities throughout the City. The 16 adopted Unified Development Code land use categories are intended to be the designated comprehensive land use categories for neighborhood, community, sector, perimeter plans and any other element of the comprehensive plan. However, collectively, there are a total of 39 future land use categories within the adopted neighborhood and community plans. Many plans have land use categories that are inconsistent with each other and have variations in description, density and intensity allowances, development requirements, and permitted zoning districts.
ISSUE:
Currently, there are over 40 community and neighborhood plans that have been adopted by City Council between 1988 and 2013. Of those plans, only 12 have been updated since adoption. Some neighborhood and community plans do not include future land use or a map. There are remaining neighborhoods and areas within the City that are not covered by a neighborhood, community, or sector plan and also have no land use designation to regulate zoning and development patterns. Having communities wi...
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