Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout1867-P DATE: March 19, 2007 TO: Planning Commission and City Council FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager SUBJECT: Consider a request for a specific use permit to allow a private school to teach phlebotomy in an RCR (Residential Conservation and Revitalization) District. FILE: 1867-P STAFF REPORT The Planning Manager recommends approval of this request with a modification to the landscaping/screening requirements (no additional landscaping or screening requirements along the south, east and west property lines). Pamela Jolivet with the Southeast Texas Phlebotomy Institute is requesting a specific use permit to allow a private school to teach phlebotomy (blood specimen collection). Students will be pre-screened before admission to the school. Daily activities will consist of education pertaining to blood specimen collection with instructor lectures and hands-on-training. The course will be 200 hours of classroom lecture, simulated lab procedures and off-campus clinical internship. Student-to-instructor ratio will be 15-20:1. Hours of operation will be 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., Monday - Friday. Day classes will be taught from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and evening classes will be taught from 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. The business office will be open 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Upon completion of the 200 hours of course work, the students will be eligible to test for the National Phlebotomy Certification. Exhibits are attached. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION Notices mailed to property owners 20 . Responses in Favor . Responses in Opposition . LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES Being the W 2 of Lot 9, all of Lot 10 and the E 10' of Lot 11, Block 5, Averill Addition, City of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, containing 0.29 acres, more or less. ANALYSIS CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL OF SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (SECTION 30-26.E, ZONING ORDINANCE) Application Application is in is not in Comments Compliance Compliance Attached CONDITIONS: 1. That the specific use will be compatible with and not injurious to the use and enjoyment of other property, nor significantly diminish or impair property values within the immediate vicinity; X X 2. That the establishment of the specific use will not impede the normal and orderly development and improvement of surrounding vacant property; X 3. That adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and other necessary supporting facilities have been or will be provided; X 4. The design, location and arrangement of all driveways and parking spaces provides for the safe and convenient movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic without adversely affecting the general public or adjacent developments; X 5. That adequate nuisance prevention measures have been or will be taken to prevent or control offensive odor, fumes, dust, noise and vibration; X 6. That directional lighting will be provided so as not to disturb or adversely affect neighboring properties; X 7. That there are sufficient landscaping and screening to insure harmony and compatibility with adjacent property; and X X 8. That the proposed use is in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan. X ANALYSIS continued This application is in conformance with seven of the eight conditions necessary for approval. Comments on Conditions 1 and 7 follow: 1. The proposed use is to be located in an existing commercial building. This is one of two commercial buildings on the property and there are a number of commercial uses in the immediate vicinity. The proposed use will not be detrimental to surrounding properties. 7. The building and parking lot are both pre-existing and developed at or near the property line. An existing 6' wood screening fence encircles the parking at the rear of the property. No landscaping exists. On three sides of the subject property are residences. The applicant is requesting a modification to the landscaping/screening requirements along the south, east and west sides of the property. GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES APPLICANT: Pamela Jolivet PROPERTY OWNER: J.G. Phelan, M.D. LOCATION: 2263 North EXISTING ZONING: RCR (Residential Conservation and Revitalization) District PROPERTY SIZE: 0.29 acres, more or less EXISTING LAND USES: Vacant commercial building FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be outside 500-year floodplain SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING: NORTH: Residential, commercial RCR (Residential Conservation and Revitalization) District EAST: Residential RCR SOUTH: Residential RCR WEST: Residential RCR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and Revitalization GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES continued STREETS: North Street - Major collector with a 60' wide right-of-way and a 27' pavement width DRAINAGE: Curb and gutter WATER: 6" water line SANITARY SEWER SERVICE: 6" sanitary sewer line PROPERTY OWNERS CHRISTOPHER BUSH MORRIS & MYRTLE HORDE TW MOAK SR JAMES W STONE ROBERT S HYSLOP SR & KATHRYN A HYSLOP EDWARD C & MARGARET L LEE BROWN CYNTHIA F O'NEIL DALE A HALLMARK 2535 NORTH STREET LLC SAEED & MAHNAZ DANIALI LORRIANE S GO & LYDIA EVANGELISTA JAMES G PHELAN RALPH AND VIRGINIA JORDAN FRED AND LINDA L WILBURN BRADLEY PHILLIP NELSON OLD TOWN INVESTORS SEAN A & MARIA C WILCOX JOSE L MEDRANO DENNIS & KAREN SWEARINGEN