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DATE: December 20,
2010
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for the abandonment of a 0.0307 acre
portion of Liberty Avenue
FILE: 770-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval subject to the following
condition:
1. The City shall retain a 10' x 10' triangle of land at the
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northeast corner of the intersection of 11 Street and
Liberty Avenue.
The City of Beaumont has applied for the abandonment of a 0.0307
acre portion of Liberty Avenue. Altus Healthcare Management
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Services, located at 390 N. 11 Street, will be expanding its
facility to offer more health services and provide more area
for parking. The City of Beaumont will exchange property with
Altus to allow it to expand its facility. The property that
Altus will exchange with the City is currently used as roadway
for Liberty Avenue.
Transportation Engineering has requested that the City retain
a 10' x 10' triangle of land at the northeast corner of the
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intersection of 11 Street and Liberty Avenue. Traffic signal
improvements at the intersection require the placement of a
signal cabinet on this corner.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: City of Beaumont
PROPERTY OWNER: Same
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LOCATION: Northeast corner of N. 11
Street and Liberty Avenue
EXISTING ZONING: GC-MD (General
Commercial-Multiple Family
Dwelling) District
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.0307 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Unimproved right-of-way
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be
outside 500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Commercial GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family
Dwelling) District
EAST: Commercial GC-MD
SOUTH: Commercial GC-MD
WEST: Commercial GC-MD
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Stable Area
STREETS: Liberty Avenue - Major arterial
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