DEPARTMENT: Development Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Michael Shannon
COUNCIL DISTRICT IMPACTED: 1
SUMMARY:
Councilmember Roberto C. Trevi?o requests that City Council, through resolution, direct City Staff to initiate the creation of a Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD) Zoning Overlay District for Tobin Hill North and to initiate plan amendments and rezoning cases as needed for consistency with the City's Comprehensive Plan and for appropriate zoning to existing property uses. The proposed resolution would authorize City Staff to take appropriate steps to bring forward to the Planning Commission and Zoning Commission for a recommendation and to City Council for final action, an ordinance establishing Tobin Hill North NCD-11 Zoning Overlay and amending the land use and zoning on properties south along McCullough Avenue from Trail Street to East Russell Place and including Carlton Court, East Magnolia Avenue, East Mistletoe Avenue, Valentine Place, and East Craig Place (see attached map).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Office of Historic Preservation determined that Tobin Hill North would be eligible for a Historic District or Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD).
Per the Unified Development Code, Section 35-335, Neighborhood Conservation Districts are created within the City of San Antonio for unique and distinctive residential neighborhoods which contribute significantly to the overall character and identity of the city. The NCD seeks to preserve and protect the architectural or cultural significance of a part of the city. The public policy of the city directs council to preserve, protect, enhance, and perpetuate the value of residential neighborhoods through the establishment of neighborhood conservation districts.
This resolution seeks to create Tobin Hill North NCD-11 and to rezone the property and change the land use as necessary.
ISSUE:
To be designated as a neighborhood conservation district, the area must meet the following criteria:
(1) Cont...
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