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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPreliminary Plat - Pointe North DATE: March 17, 2008 TO: Planning Commission FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager SUBJECT: Request for approval of a preliminary plat of Pointe North FILE: Preliminary Plat - Pointe North STAFF REPORT The Planning Manager recommends approval subject to the following conditions: 1. Label Withers Lane (Planning) 2. Provide right-of-way and street pavement widths for both Walton Street and Withers Lane. (Planning) Fittz & Shipman, Inc., representing the Beaumont Housing Authority, has applied for approval of a preliminary plat of Pointe North, a multi-family residential subdivision. The Housing Authority is demolishing the old Magnolia Homes housing complex and is going to build a new residential community in its place. This redevelopment is part of the $20 million HOPE VI project that the Housing Authority is building on the subject property and on the old Fair Grounds property. The original rights-of-way of Walton Street and Withers Lane were abandoned by the City of Beaumont in 1991. The Housing Authority will be constructing new streets in a slightly different alignment and dedicating them to the City. This item was sent to all interested parties. The Planning Manager recommends approval subject to labeling Withers Lane and providing right-of-way and street pavement widths for Walton Street and Withers Lane. Exhibits are attached. GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES APPLICANT: Fittz & Shipman, Inc. PROPERTY OWNER: Beaumont Housing Authority LOCATION: 3710 Magnolia EXISTING ZONING: RM-H (Residential Multiple Family Dwelling-Highest Density) District and GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling) District PROPERTY SIZE: 19.3 acres, more or less EXISTING LAND USES: Magnolia Homes public housing (to be demolished) FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be outside 500-year floodplain SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING: NORTH: Residential, vacant RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling) District, GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling) District EAST: Residential, vacant RS SOUTH: Residential, vacant RS, GC-MD WEST: Commercial, vacant GC-MD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and Revitalization STREETS: Walton Street - Local street with a 50' wide right-of-way and a 28' pavement width; Withers Lane - Local street with a 50' wide right-of-way and a 28' pavement width DRAINAGE: Curb and gutter WATER: 8" water line SANITARY SEWER SERVICE: 8" sanitary sewer line