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DATE: December 19,
2005
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for the abandonment of a 20' wide alley.
FILE: 690-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends denial of this request.
Freddie White is making application to abandon the 20' wide alley
between Edmonds Street and Fannett Road. The alley is
unimproved. However, there is a 6" sanitary sewer line in the
right-of-way.
Mr. White, the owner of Lot 4, states that he requesting this
abandonment in order to accommodate the floor plan of the new
house he is going to build. His house was damaged by Hurricane Rita.
This item was sent to all interested parties. Water Utilities is
recommending denial. The house at the end of Ethel is tied into the
sanitary sewer main so the City can not abandon the line. In
addition, the applicant can not build over the alley as long as the City
has an active line in the alley.
Exhibits are attached.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCES PURPOSES
Being a 20' wide alley extending from the south right-of-way line of
Edmonds Street a distance of 200' to the north right-of-way line
of Fannett Road, Block 21, West Oakland Addition, City of Beaumont,
Jefferson County, Texas, containing 0.091 acres, more or less.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Freddie White
PROPERTY OWNER: City of Beaumont
LOCATION: Located between Edmond St. and
Fannett Rd.
EXISTING ZONING: RM-H (Residential Multiple
Family Dwelling-Highest Density)
District
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.091 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Unimproved alley
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be
outside 500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Residential RM-H (Residential Multiple Family
Dwelling-Highest Density) District
EAST: Vacant RM-H
SOUTH: Fannett Road RM-H
WEST: Residential, vacant RM-H
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and
Revitalization
OTHER PHYSICAL
FEATURES: None
STREETS: 20' wide alley
DRAINAGE: Open ditch
WATER: None
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: 6" sanitary sewer line
FIRE PROTECTION: Fire protection is provided by
Station #10, 3855 Washington.
ADEQUACY
OF SERVICE: Services are adequate.