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DATE: February 26,
2007
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for the abandonment of a 60' x 316.82'
portion of Hospital Drive
FILE: 712-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval of this request subject to
the following conditions:
Retain the existing right-of-way as a 60' wide general utility
and access easement (Fire, Water Utilities, Time Warner Cable)
Prepare an indemnification clause stating that the City of
Beaumont shall not be held responsible for the structure if the
concrete should fail or the water line should rupture. (Water
Utilities)
The City of Beaumont is requesting the abandonment of a 60' x
316.82' portion of Hospital Drive. Hermann Memorial Baptist
Hospital recently applied for and was granted a License- to-Encroach
for an aerial pedestrian cross walk over a portion of Hospital Drive.
After review by the hospital=s legal department, it was determined
that the license-to-encroach would not suffice as per the requirements
of the federal funding the hospital is eligible for. The only solution
would be to abandon a portion of the street right-of-way.
This item was sent to all interested parties. The Fire Department
states that it does not object to the abandonment as long as the drive
remains open to fire access. Water Utilities states that it does not
object as long as a utility easement is retained and the City is
indemnified of any damage due to its water and sewer lines. Time
Warner Cable states that it does not object subject to retention of the
abandoned right-of-way as a utility easement.
Exhibits are attached.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCES PURPOSES
Being a 60' x 316.82' portion of Hospital Drive beginning at the
north right-of-way line of Medical Center Drive which is also the
southeast corner of Lot 2, Block 2, Beaumont Medical Plaza and
extending 316.82' north to a point perpendicular to and parallel with
the northeast corner of Lot 1, Block 2, Beaumont Medical Plaza, City
of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, containing 0.43 acres, more or
less.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: City of Beaumont
PROPERTY OWNER: City of Beaumont
LOCATION: North of Medical Center Drive
EXISTING ZONING: GC-MD (General
Commercial-Multiple Family
Dwelling) District
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.43 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Street right-of-way
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be
outside 500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Right-of-way GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple
Family Dwelling) District
EAST: Hospital GC-MD
SOUTH: Right-of-way GC-MD
WEST: Professional building GC-MD
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Hospital Office Special
District
STREETS: Hospital Drive - Local street with a
60' wide right-of-way and a 26'
pavement width
DRAINAGE: Curb and gutter
WATER: 6" water line
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: 6" sanitary sewer line