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DATE: July 18, 2005
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for an abandonment of a portion of Ninth
Street.
FILE: 685-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval of this request subject to
the following condition:
Retain an exclusive 10' sanitary sewer easement along the north
end of the abandonment.
No structures or appurtenances shall be placed within the
easement property.
Water utilities will not be responsible for any surface restoration
when sanitary sewer repairs are necessary.
Antoinette Hardy, Executive Director of Beaumont Community
Housing Development Organization, Inc. (BCHDO), is requesting the
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abandonment of the south 150' of 9 Street, north of Euclid.
Ms. Hardy states that BCHDO is building an affordable house for a
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disabled senior citizen. Due to the lot=s location at 9 and Euclid, it
is considered a corner lot and must therefore have a 10' building
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setback along the 9 Street side. To accommodate the house, a 5'
building setback is needed.
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9 Street, between Washington and Euclid is unimproved. In 1984,
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a 110' portion of 9 Street, immediately north of this request, was
abandoned. As part of that abandonment, the south 10' of the
right-of-way was deleted to be used as a utility easement. An 8"
sanitary sewer line runs east/west through the middle of Blocks 2 and
3, Carver Terrace.
This abandonment request was sent to all interested parties. No
negative responses were received. However, Water Utilities is
requiring that the abandonment be subject to the three conditions
listed above.
Exhibits are attached.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCES PURPOSES
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Being a 60' x 150' portion of 9 Street beginning at the north
right-of-way line of West Euclid, extending northerly a distance of
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150' to the southern boundary of that portion of 9 Street
abandoned by Ord. 84-94, City of Beaumont, Jefferson County,
Texas, containing 0.206 acres, more or less.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Antoinette Hardy,
Beaumont Community Housing
Development Organization, Inc.
PROPERTY OWNER: City of Beaumont
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LOCATION: 9 Street, north of W. Euclid
EXISTING ZONING: RM-H (Residential Multiple
Family Dwelling-Highest Density)
District, GC-MD (General
Commercial-Multiple Family
Dwelling) District
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.206 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Unimproved street right-of-way
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be
outside 500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Vacant GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple
Family Dwelling) District
EAST: Residential, commercial RM-H (Residential Multiple Family
Dwelling-Highest Density) District, GC-MD
SOUTH: Unimproved street right-of-way RM-H
WEST: Vacant RM-H
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and
Revitalization
OTHER PHYSICAL
FEATURES: None
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES continued
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STREETS: 9 Street - Local street with a
60' wide right-of-way,
unimproved
DRAINAGE: None
WATER: None
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: 8" sanitary sewer line
FIRE PROTECTION: Fire protection is provided by
Station #10, 3855 Washington.
ADEQUACY
OF SERVICE: Services are adequate.