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DATE: March 21,
2005
TO: Planning Commission and City Council
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Request for a zone change from RCR (Residential Conservation
and Revitalization) District, LI (Light Industrial) District and HI
(Heavy Industrial) District to GC-MD (General
Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling) District or more
restrictive district, LI (Light Industrial) District to CBD (Central
Business) District or more restrictive district and GC-MD
(General Commercial-Multiple Dwelling) District and HI (Heavy
Industrial) District to RM-M (Residential Multiple Family
Dwelling-Medium Density) District or more restrictive district.
FILE: 1771-Z
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval of this request.
At the suggestion of City Council, the Planning Division undertook a
zoning study for the area roughly bounded by Laurel, Park, College
and Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway. The reason for this request is
a concern over what type of development might occur in this area and
whether this development would complement the efforts being made
by the City and others in redeveloping downtown.
The existing zoning in this area is predominately LI (Light Industrial)
and HI (Heavy Industrial). These two zoning districts permit the
most intensive land uses allowed in the Zoning Ordinance. It is
questionable whether these types of uses are still appropriate for this
area west of downtown.
Much of the subject property is either vacant or occupied with vacant
buildings. Some of the major land uses within the study area
include St. Anthony Cathedral and school, a high-rise office building
and accessory parking lot, Acme Brick, Cajun Cookery, White=s
Printing, Giglio Distributing Company, Lamon=s Beaumont Bolt and
Gasket, Leasall Vehicle Rental, Becker Printing and Bekin=s Moving
Company and Coburn Supply Company.
The study area is prime property for commercial and residential
development. There are many businesses that like and/or need the
proximity of a downtown location. If downtown is to grow, the only
area for it to grow is to the west. In addition, the City would very
much like to see residential uses in or near the Central Business
District. The availability of land might make a portion of the study
area an excellent location for a residential neighborhood based on the
A New Urbanism @ approach.
The Comprehensive Plan designates this area as the A Central Business
District Special District @. This designation includes downtown retail
trade, financial institutions, high-rise offices and residential complexes,
hotels, tourist facilities, major convention and cultural centers,
recreational and entertainment facilities and major government
offices.
Based upon the zoning study, the following zoning changes are being
recommended as per the attached map.
Exhibits are attached.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
Notices mailed to property owners 156 .
Responses in Favor . Responses in Opposition
.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCES PURPOSES
From LI to CBD - Being Block 59, Beaumont Addition; Block 1,
McMillan Addition and Tract 46, Plat E, N. Tevis Survey, City of
Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, containing 5.34, more or less.
From RCR, LI and HI to GC-MD - Being Blocks 2-9, McMillan
Addition, Lots 504-510, Block 65, Block 66 and Lots 523 & 12,
Block 68, Beaumont Addition, Lots 7-12, Block 9, Blocks 10-16,
Lot 1, Tract 1, the north 80' o f Lot 2, Tract 3, (the east 22' of the
north 80'), Lots 2-6, Tract 1, Block 18, Block 19-23, 26-27, 32,
Block 66A and Lots 7-12, Block 66B, Van Wormer Addition, Tracts
43, 45, part of Tract 47 and all of Tract 49, Plat E, N. Tevis Survey
and an abandoned portion of Neches St., between Laurel Ave. and
Crockett St., City of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, containing
62.73 acres, more or less.
From GC-MD and HI to RM-M - Being Blocks 31-32 and Lots 5-8,
Block 33, Calder Addition, Part of Tract 47, a 60' x 340' parcel
and Tract 48, Plat E, N. Tevis Survey, Blocks 24-25 and 30-31,
Van Wormer Addition, City of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas,
containing 22.84 acres, more or less.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: City of Beaumont
Planning Division
LOCATION: Between Laurel, College Park and
MLK Parkway
EXISTING ZONING: RCR (Residential
Conservation and Revitalization)
District, GC-MD (General
Commercial-Multiple Family
Dwelling) District, LI (Light
Industrial) District, HI (Heavy
Industrial) District
PROPERTY SIZE: 90.91 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Residential, commercial, industrial,
vacant
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be
outside 500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Residential, commercial, vacant GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple
Family Dwelling)
District
EAST: Commercial, vacant CBD (Central Business) District
SOUTH: Residential, commercial, industrial, vacant LI (Light Industrial) District
WEST: Residential, commercial, vacant GC-MD, LI, HI (Heavy Industrial)
District
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Central Business District
Special District
MAJOR USES IN THE AREA
USE CURRENT ZONING PROPOSED ZONING
Beer Distributor HI (P) GC-MD (SUP)
Brick Retailer/wholesaler LI (P) GC-MD (P)(SUP)
Caterer/Food wholesaler LI (P) GC-MD (P)(SUP)
Plumbing Materials
wholesaler LI (P) GC-MD (SUP)
Bolts & gaskets
wholesaler LI (P) GC-MD (SUP)
Vehicle Rental LI (P) GC-MD (P)
Printing LI (P) GC-MD (SUP)
Moving Company/
warehousing LI (P) GC-MD
(SUP)/CBD (P)
Church/school RCR (SUP) GC-MD (P)/(SUP)
NOTE: Sec. 30-30 (d) 2 (Nonconforming Buildings, Structures and Uses of
Land) of the Zoning Ordinance states:
A The limitations and restrictions of this section shall not apply to
conforming uses lawfully existing at the time of the adoption of this
chapter when the use has been changed in the district from a
permitted use to a use permitted with a specific use permit, or when
the use which was permitted by right prior to any district change has,
after a change in districts, been changed to a use which requires a
specific use permit.@
(P) = Permitted by right
(SUP) = Specific use permit