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DATE: November 17,
2008
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for an abandonment of a 20' wide alley
FILE: 739-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval.
Mark Whiteley & Associates, Inc. has applied for the abandonment of
20' wide alley in Block 11 of the Van Wormer Addition.
The Diocese of Beaumont owns all of the lots within Block 11 of the
Van Wormer Addition. It is currently in the design phase of
developing and building a new Chancery on Block 11. To allow for
the best utilization of the site, the Diocese is requesting that the
existing alley be abandoned.
This item was sent to all interested parties. No negative responses
have been received.
Exhibits are attached.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES
Being a 20' x 300' alley in Block 11, Van Wormer Addition, City of
Beaumont, Jefferson County,
Texas, containing 0.13 acres,
more or less.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Mark W. Whiteley &
Associates, Inc.
PROPERTY OWNER: City of Beaumont
LOCATION: Block 11, Van Wormer Addition,
between Holmes and Archie
EXISTING ZONING: RCR (Residential
Conservation and Revitalization)
District
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.13 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: Vacant RCR (Residential Conservation and
Revitalization) District
EAST: Basilica RCR
SOUTH: Vacant RCR, LI (Light Industrial) District
WEST: Parking RCR
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and
Revitalization
STREETS: Unimproved alley
DRAINAGE: N/A
WATER: N/A
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: N/A