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DATE: September 16, 2013
TO: Planning Commission and City Council
FROM: Bill Cobabe, Senior Planner
SUBJECT: Consider a request for a zone change from GC-MD (General Commercial-
Multiple Family Dwelling) District to LI (Light Industrial) District.
FILE: 2186 - Z
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STAFF REPORT
Planning staff recommends denial.
Tommy Nguyen, on behalf of Mahmood Kothawala of M and B Investments, is
requesting a zone change from GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling)
District to LI (Light Industrial) District. The property is located at 980 N. Martin Luther
King Parkway.
Mr. Nguyen would like to open a facility for cutting metal into parts. All scrap and dust
particles will be collected and recycled.
Staff has determined that the proposed zone change is inappropriate for two reasons.
First, the character of the neighborhood remains residential. There are single family
residences adjacent to the proposed parcel. GC-MD is designed to be a transitional or
buffer zoning between residential areas and more heavily commercial or industrial areas,
so the existing zoning is appropriate. Second, there is no immediately adjacent LI zoned
property. The closest LI zoned property is on the opposite corner of the intersection of
Long Avenue and Martin Luther King Parkway. This zoning is acting appropriately as a
buffer between that zoning district and the residential areas.
Exhibits are attached.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
Notices mailed to property owners 27
Responses in Favor Responses in Opposition
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES
Being the southernmost 30’ of Lot 4, and all of Lots 5 and 6, an adjacent 20’ alley, and
the northernmost 40’ of Lots 7 and 8 of the Jirou Addition, City of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Texas, containing 3.346 acres, more or less.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Tommy Nguyen
PROPERTY OWNER: Mahmood Kothawala of M and B
Investments
LOCATION: 980 N. Martin Luther King Parkway
EXISTING ZONING: GC-MD (General Commercial-
Multiple Family Dwelling) District; owner
is requesting a zone change to LI (Light
Industrial) District
PROPERTY SIZE: ~3.346 acres
EXISTING LAND USES: Commercial
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: X (area does not lie within the year flood
plain)
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Commercial GC-MD (General Commercial-
Multiple Family Dwelling)
EAST: Residential R-S (Residential-Single Family Dwelling)
SOUTH: Residential GC-MD
WEST: Commercial GC-MD
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and Revitalization
STREETS: Martin Luther King Parkway – Arterial with
120’ right of way and 90’ pavement width
DRAINAGE: Curb and Gutter
WATER: 2” Water line
SANITARY SEWER SERVICE: 6” Sanitary sewer line
PROPERTY OWNERS
ASHRAFI MAHMOONA T
BAINE JOSEPH LOUIS
BROWN DOROTHY H
BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE
CARTER ANNIE PEARL
COMEAUX MARY HELEN
CRABBE J COLIN & CHARLES B
CROCHETT PAUL W SR
DEEDE JOEL
DEEDE JOEL
DEEDE JOEL
GOLDEN TRIANGLE INVESTMENTS LP
GUILLORY CHARLOTTE D
GUILLORY STANLEY & FAYE
HURLOCK LILLIAN
JAIMES MAXIMO & EVA
JARMON JOE
LIVE OAK BAPTIST CHURCH
LIVE OAK BAPTIST CHURCH
LIVEOAK BAPTIST CHURCH
LOEB GERALD P
M & B INVESTMENTS LP
M & B INVESTMENTS LP
NEVILLS JAMES (CD)
PHELAN PATRICK HENRY
POWELL GENEVA
THOMAS CYNTHIA A