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DATE: January 26,
2009
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for an abandonment of the 20' wide alley in
Block 11, Calder Addition
FILE: 741-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval subject to the following
condition:
1. A 20' wide general utility easement will be retained.
(Planning)
Ronald Blount, representing the purchasers of 1515 Calder and
1585 Calder, has applied for the abandonment of the 20' wide
alley in Block 11, Calder Addition.
The purchasers intend to construct a store and service station
on the site. At the time of the writing of this staff report,
the purchasers= intent for the old Pig Stand Restaurant is
unknown.
The purpose for the abandonment is to allow the closure of the
alley=s curb cut on Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway. TxDOT is
requiring the developers to close the curb cut on Calder, closest
to the intersection with MLK Parkway, and the alley=s curb cut.
The developers will then be allowed a curb cut on MLK Parkway,
north of the alley.
This item was sent to all interested parties. No negative
responses have been received. The Planning Manager is
requiring that the alley, if abandoned, be retained as a 20'
wide general utility easement. There are overhead lines that
exist in the alley.
Exhibits are attached.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES
Being a 20' x 300' alley in Block 11, Calder Addition, beginning
at the east right-of-way line of Gulf Street and ending at the
west right-of-way line of Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway, City
of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, containing 0.137 acres,
more or less.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Ronald Blount,
representing Golden King -
Hawkins Golden II
PROPERTY OWNER: City of Beaumont
LOCATION: Block 11, Calder Addition
EXISTING ZONING: GC-MD (General
Commercial-Multiple Family
Dwelling) District and HI (Heavy
Industrial) District
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.137 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: Commercial, Vacant GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple
Family Dwelling) District
EAST: Commercial GC-MD
SOUTH: Commercial GC-MD, HI (Heavy Industrial) District
WEST: Commercial GC-MD, HI
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and
Revitalization
WATER: N/A
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: N/A