DEPARTMENT: Development Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Michael Shannon
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 5
SUBJECT:
Plan Amendment PA 2019-11600104
(Associated Zoning Case Z-2019-10700348)
SUMMARY:
Comprehensive Plan Component: Guadalupe/ Westside Community Plan
Plan Adoption Date: May 3, 2007
Current Land Use Category: “Low Density Residential"
Proposed Land Use Category: "Medium Density Residential"
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Planning Commission Hearing Date: February 12, 2020
Case Manager: Mercedes Rivas, Senior Planner
Property Owner: Robert Vera
Applicant: Robert Vera
Representative: Henry Vera
Location: 2402 Monterey Street
Legal Description: Lot 7, Block 5, NCB 2357,
Total Acreage: 0.1815
Notices Mailed
Owners of Property within 200 feet: 26
Registered Neighborhood Associations within 200 feet: Historic Westside Neighborhood Association
Applicable Agencies: None
Transportation
Thoroughfare: Monterey Street
Existing Character: Local
Proposed Changes: None
Public Transit: There are no VIA bus routes within walking distance.
ISSUE:
Comprehensive Plan
Comprehensive Plan Component: North Sector Plan
Plan Adoption Date: August 15, 2010
Plan Goals:
• Community health, education, and well-being goal
o 13: strengthen the family unit
Comprehensive Land Use Categories
Land Use Category: “Low Density Residential"
Description of Land Use Category:
• Single-family homes on individual lots, on streets with low traffic volumes
• Ideally within walking distance of schools and neighborhood commercial uses. Certain lower impact community oriented uses such as churches, parks and a community center may be encouraged in this category
• Pre-existing commercial buildings under 3,000 square feet at the corners of residential streets may be used for neighborhood commercial purposes.
Permitted Zoning Districts: R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6
Land Use Category: "Medium Density Residential"
Description of Land Use Category:
• Duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes on single lots, and may also include cottage homes and townhouses
• Generally placed at the perimeter of neighborhoods and on collector streets
• Low density residential uses are also allowed
Permitted Zoning Districts: R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6, RM-4, RM-5, RM-6
Land Use Overview
Subject Property
Future Land Use Classification:
“Low Density Residential"
Current Land Use Classification:
Single-Family Home
Direction: North
Future Land Use Classification:
“Low Density Residential"
Current Land Use Classification:
Single-Family Home
Direction: East
Future Land Use Classification:
“Low Density Residential"
Current Land Use Classification:
Single-Family Home
Direction: South
Future Land Use Classification:
“Low Density Residential"
Current Land Use Classification:
Single-Family Home
Direction: West
Future Land Use Classification:
“Low Density Residential"
Current Land Use Classification:
Single-Family Home
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
Proximity to Regional Center/Premium Transit Corridor
The property is not within a regional center nor is it within a Premium Transit Corridor.
STAFF ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends Denial.
The applicant is seeking a plan amendment in order to rezone the subject property from “R-4” Single-Family Residential District to "RM-4" Residential Mixed District.
The requested “RM-4” is not consistent with the “Low Density Residential” land use component of Guadalupe/ Westside Community Plan. Further, the proposed amendment would place a higher intensity residential designation in the middle of a low intensity residential neighborhood composed of single-family residential homes.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Recommend Approval of the proposed amendment to the Guadalupe/ Westside Community Plan, as presented above.
2. Make an alternate recommendation.
3. Continue to a future date.
ZONING COMMISSION SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Z-2019-10700348
Current Zoning: "R-4" Single-Family Residential District
Proposed Zoning: "RM-4" Residential Mixed District
Zoning Commission Hearing Date: February 18, 2020