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Home My WebLink About1550-ZDATE: March 19,2001 TO: Planning Commission and City Council FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager SUBJECT: Request for a zone change from A-R (Agricultural -Residential.) to GC -MD (General Commercial -Multiple Family Dwelling) District for a vacant 11 acre tract of land located approximately 1,592 feet north of Folsom Drive. ram The Planning Manager recommends denial of this zone change. The GC -MD district allows almost all retail and set -vice businesses. The land on the sides is vacant and there are single family residences situated west of the site. Commercial centers should be located at the intersections of major streets. This could be considered a "spot zone" since all surrounding zoning is A-R or RM-H. The request is to enable the applicant to construct 150 apartment units on seven acres and develop a retail commercial strip on the remaining four acres. Land on the cast side of N. Major (FM 364) is vacant farm land. Located across Major to the west is an apartment complex and a single family subdivision (Westhaven Terrace). Exhibits are attached, PUBLIC NOTIFICATION Notices mailed to property owners 14 Responses in Favor . Responses in Opposition LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES That certain 11.1 acre tract out of the W.B. Dyches Survey, Abstract 17, Jefferson County, Texas and being out of the 200,686 acre tract conveyed to Latex Investors, LP as recorded in Clerks File No. 2000021770 of the Official Public Records of Real Property of Jefferson County, Texas said 11.1 acres being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION continued COMMENCING at a 3/4" iron rod found in the east right-of-way line of North Major Drive for the northwest comer of the remainder of a 42.87 acre tract conveyed to First Baptist Church as recorded in Clerks File No. 94-9423309 of the Official Public Records of Real Property Jefferson County, Texas being the most northerly southwest corner of the said 200.686 acre tract; THENCE North 02'49'37" West along the said cast right-of-way line of North Major Drive, a distance of 40.00 feet (called North 02'49'37" West) to a V? capped iron rod set in the north line of a proposed 40 foot wide DD6 right-of-way for the southwest comer of the said 11.1 acre tract and the POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE North 02' 4937" West continuing along the said east right-of-way line of North Major Drive, a distance of 450,16 feet (called North 02' 49'37" West) to a Y2" capped iron rod set for the northwest comer of the said 11.1 acre tract; THENCE North 87' 09'40" East, a distance of 1073.99 feet to a Y2" capped iron rod set in the west line of a proposed 50 foot wide DD6 right-of-way for the northeast comer of the said 11.1 acre tract; THENCE South 02' 50'41" East along the said west line of the proposed 50 foot wide DD6 right-of-way, a distance of 450.16 feet to a Y? capped iron rod set at the intersection of the said north line of the proposed 40 foot wide DD6 right-of-way for the southeast comer of the said 11.1 acre tract; THENCE South 870 09'40" West along the said north line of the proposed 40 foot wide DD6 right-of-way a distance of 1074.13 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 11.1 acres of land, more or less. February 1, 2001 Planning Commission, City of Beaumont, Texas Murray Duren 801 Main, Suite 215 P.O. Box 3827 Beaumont, TX 77704-3827 RE: Request for the re -zoning on an eleven -plus acre site fronting FM 364 (Major Drive), close to the Folsom Road intersection. A location map is attached for your reference. Gentlemen: Please accept this letter as our request for the Planning Commission to re -zone the captioned property from agricultural use to multi -family (24+ units to an acre) and commercial use (GC -MD). The reason for the request is that this area of Beaumont is transgressing from farmland to residential/commercial use. It is our intent to develop this eleven -plus acre site fronting Fm 364 (Major Drive) into an apartment project containing 150 units; which would consume approximately seven acres of the eleven acre site. On the remaining four acres, we plan to develop into a service station, fast food or retail site. The four acre commercial site would front FM 364. We would begin development plans pending your approval of our re -zoning request. Should you require any further information, please contact me. Yours truly, %Z , Charles Leyend cker CSL/kmc 1. a - - ro^'^ THE LEYENDEC KER I' i) 110N - 110[ S'l ()N. YLVAS 1-17".42 00,,6 - IIHONFI": (1-13) 97.",-6t,00 . FAX: (113) 917.',ol,58 M N rTj FILE 1550- : Zone change request from A-R (Agricultural - Residential) to GC -MD NORTH (General Commercial - Multiple Family Dwelling) district. Location: East side of FM 364, approximately 1,592 feet north of Folsom Dr. Applicant: Charles Leyendecker SCALE N.T.S. ................ WIV •V,1 So APARTMENTS AC. ow -OUBJECT 0 4. tl It -A- "I e Ir 002 OW00-- -W an vm� .0. CITY LIMIT'S FUTURE FOLSOM EXTENSION• c� 00 f6'5,5'00* ' 515.91' r A=-(52W" C-151J7 tC (CUM Jt'jj'ot, Q) OORROW rvr Jf'trTns(w COMM 'S"RIACC (Wt li 2,0' (11KIrY Uql'(Nr 10 11.1 ACRES+/- ir-0759- W0 I"IRST IIAPTIST CIIU1?C11 RESIDUAL OF 42.87 ACRE m4cr EXHIBIT A ///'```006 DRAOIAGr. f.A5fj?rf1r (Writ W). 17,]-A1) Nor va SCALE fl. Oyches Survey, Abstract No, 17 BPAMOCO PRODUCTION CO. 691-828 ACRE M4CT R=&SOM' A=732.54' c=231.62, tCU=S U38'40* E R=woo' A_ 17j.91' C= I 11. 19'= j ICS-S W32*79' C I& 4" o/ 200.686ACRES of JEFFIRSON COUNTY 006 OOOMM MO A IQ It. Williams Survey, Abstroct No. 56 EXHIBIT OF A 200.686ACRE, TRACT LOCATED IN THE W. 8. DYCHES SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO, 17 BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS ri-oll sURVEWD/PREPARCO BY. cofm11r14rD1gi'fcc"& solmy')Y)" lackmatt, 7 j W, o 7XI; 'irr GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES APPLICANT: PROPERTY OWNER: STATUS OF APPLICANT: EXISTING ZONING: EXISTING LAND USES: SURROUNDING LAND USES: NORTH: Vacant tracts EAST: Vacant tracts SOUTH: Vacant tracts WEST: FM-364, apartment complex, single family subdivision COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: OTHER PHYSICAL FEATURES: STREETS: SANITARY SEWER SERVICE: FIRE PROTECTION: Charles Leyendecker (Houston, Texas) LA -Tex Investors (Lake Charles, Louisiana) Trustee East side of FM 364, 1,592 feet north of Folsom A-R (Agricultural -Residential) District 11.1 acres "C" - (Minimal Hazard) Vacant agricultural land SURROUNDING ZONING: A-R A-R A-R RM-H (Residential Multiple Family Dwelling -Highest Density) District Neighborhood Growth Unit None N. Major Drive (FM 364) is a major arterial with a 70' wide right-of-way at this point. Open ditch drainage. There is a 16" water line in the right-of-way. There is an 8" sanitary sewer in the right-of- way. Fire protection is provided by Station #8, 6297 Highway 105. Services are adequate.