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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1471-ZPIII DATE: September 20, 1999 TO: Planning Commission and City Council FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager SUBJECT: Request for a zone change from RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling) to GC-MD- 2 (General Commercial - Multiple Family Dwelling) and RM-H (Residential Multiple Family Dwelling - Highest Density) and a specific use permit for a credit union. FILE: 147 1 -Z/P STAFF REPORT The Planning Manager recommends approval of rezoning a 2.7131 acre tract from RS to GC- MD-2 and a specific use permit on said tract for a credit union. The manager also recommends approval for a zone change from RS to RM-H for a 7.2275 acre tract located immediately behind the proposed credit union tract. The applicant, W.T. "Bill" Little, as WTL Development, Inc., purchased a 9.9406 acre tract of land out of a 47.625 acre Amoco Production Company tract known as part of Tax Tract 2, out of Tax Tract 55, Plat SP-1, H. Williams Survey, Ab�#56. The property lies west of Dowlen Road and is situated north of Wellington Place Street which accesses the Dowlen Plaza Office Complex and the Windwood Place Addition. Windwood is a replat of Dowlen Plaza. The 9.9406 acre tract is bound on the north by the Dowlen Green Apartment development. Amoco owns the tracts west and northwest of the subject property. For location purposes, this, site is situated across Dowlen from the West End Medical Plaza, Mr. Little wishes to rezone a 2,7131 acre parcel fronting along the 2000 block of Dowlen from RS to GC-MD-2, including a specific use permit to allow a 5000 square feet branch office for the Beaumont Telco Federal Credit Union., The proposed site plan shows access, parking, landscaping and future expansion of the building. This tract will be subdivided under the subdivision regulations of the City of Beaumont. The rear 7.2275 acres of the 9.9406 acre tract is requested for a zone change from RS to RM- H. Windwood Place is already zoned RM-H as is the Dowlen Green apartment house development. The proposed RM-H tract is reserved for future development. Several map exhibits are attached to, this report, PUBLIC NOTIFICATION Notices Mailed to Property Owners: 114 Responses in Favor: 98 Responses in Opposition: 1 CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL OF SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (SECTION 30-26.B, ZONING ORDINANCE Application Application is in is not in comments Compliance Complianee Attached CONDITIONS: 1. That the specific use will be compatible with and not injurious to the use and enjoyment of other property, nor significantly diminish or impair property values within the immediate vicinity, x x 2, That the establishment of the specific use will not impede the normal and orderly development and improvement of surrounding vacant property', x x 3. That adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and other necessary supporting facilities have been or will be provided; x 4. The design, location and arrangement of all driveways and parking spaces provides for the safe and convenient movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic without adversely affecting the general public or adjacent developments; x S. That adequate nuisance prevention measures have been or will W taken to prevent or control offensive odor, fumes, dust, noise and vibration; x 6, That directional lighting will be provided so as not to disturb or adversely affect neighboring properties; x 7, That there are sufficient landscaping and screening to insure harmony and compatibility with adjacent property; and x & That the proposed use is in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan. x x ANALYSIS (continued) This application is in compliance with the eight conditions necessary for approval. Comments on conditions 1, 2 and 8 follow: 1) The proposed zone changes to GC-MD-2 to allow the credit union with a specific use permit and to change the remainder behind the credit union to RM-H are compatible with the existing land uses and zoning classifications in this immediate vicinity. The credit union on Dowlen will be similar to the existing Gulf Employees Credit Union located on Dowlen just north of the subject site. The 2.7131 acre site will not extend farther past the existing depth of the adjacent business offices in the Dowlen Plaza Addition. The 7.2275 acres to the rear to be changed to RM-H for future development is situated north and south of existing RM-H tracts. The 2.7131 acre credit union tract will be subdivided in the near future are required by the City's subdivision ordinance. 2) The proposed specific use permit site plan shows a future city street extending west from Dowlen which will provide access to undeveloped land to the west. 8) The neighborhood growth unit is designed to, accommodate office development along major arterial streets such as Dowlen when the offices act as buffers between commercial and residential development. The tract proposed for RM-H will only permit residential uses in that classification. GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES APPLICANT W.T. "Bill" Little, represented by Carroll & Blackman, Inc., ConsultingEngineer for WTLDevelopment, Inc. PROPERTY OWNER: WTL Development, Inc. LOCATION: 2000 Block of Dowlen Road EXISTING ZONING: RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling) PROPERTY SIZE: 9,9406 acres, more or less TR # 1 (2.7131 acres) TR #2 (7.2275 acres) EXISTING LAND USES: Vacant FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: "C" Minimal Flood Hazards SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING: NORTH: Apartment Houses RM-H (Residential Multiple Family Dwelling - Highest Density) FAST: Dowlen Road, Medical Clinic, Vacant Sisters of Charity Tract RM-H SOUTH: Residences and an office complex RM-H WEST: Amoco Tracts RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Neighborhood Growth Unit OTHER PHYSICAL FEATURES: None STREETS: Dowlen Road is a 100' wide major arterial street with a raised median for north and south bound traffic lanes. DRAINAGE: 60"' storm sewer in Dowlen Road right-o,f-way WATER: 12" line in Dowlen Road GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES (continued) SANITARY SEWER SERVICE: FIRE PROTECTION: 8" line in Dowlen Road Fire protection is provided by Station #8 (Hwy 105) and #9 (Gladys Avenue) ADEQUACY OF SERVICE: Existing service and utilities are adequate LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES TRACT I BEING A DESCRIPTION of a 2,7131 acre (118,183 sq. ft.) tract of land out of the Hezekiah Williams League, Abstract No. 56 located in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, ALL THAT CERTAIN tract or parcel of land being out and a part of that certain 9.9406 acre tract conveyed by Amoco Production Company to WTL Development, Inc. as recorded under County Clerk's File No. 1999016905 of the Official Public Records of Real Property, Jefferson County, Texas, said tract being more My bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a Amoco monument found marking the southeast corner of the herein described tract, said comer being: i) in the westerly line of Dowlen Road, a 100 foot (100) wide street right, -of -way; ii) the northeast corner of Lot 22 in Dowlen Plaza, a subdivision, plat of which appears in Volume 14, Page 225 of the Map Records of Jefferson County, Texas; and iii) the most easterly southeast corner of the aforesaid 9.9406 acre tract; THENCE with the north line of Lots 20-22 of Dowlen Plaza and the south line of the herein described tract, South 86 degrees 30 minutes 57 seconds West (S 86130157" W) for a distance of 309.70 feet (309.70') to a point for corner in the north line of said Lot 20, Dowlen Plaza marking the southwest corner of the herein described tract; THENCE with the west line of the herein described tract, North 03 degrees 32 minutes 35 seconds East ( 03' 3215" E) for'a distance of 430.17 feet (430,17) to a point for corner in the -northerly line of said 9.9406 acre WTL Development tract, said corner being in the southerly line of Dowlen Green, Unit 1, plat of which appears in Volume 2, Page 180 of the Condominium Records of Jefferson County, Texas, and also marking the northwest corner of the herein described tract; THENCE WITH the southerly line of said Dowlen Green, Unit 1, the northerly line of said9,9406 acre WTL Development tract, and the northerly line of the herein described tract, South 72 degrees 40 minutes 25 seconds East (S 72* 40'25" E) for a distance of 351.95 feet (351.95) to a Amoco monument found marking the most easterly northeast corner of said 9.940�6 acre tract, the southeast corner of said Dowlen Green, Unit 1, and the northeast corner of the herein described tract, said corner being in the westerly right-of-way line of Dowlen Road and a curve to the left having a central angle of 14 degrees 51 minutes 35 seconds (14'51'35"), a radius of 1,200.00 feet (1200,00), and a long chord of 310.35 feet (310.35') which bears South 09 degrees 54 minutes 55 seconds West (S 0905455" W); THENCE with the most easterly line of said 9,9406 acre WTL Development tract, the westerly right-of-way line of Dowlen Road, and the easterly line of the herein described tract, along said curve to the left for an arc distance of 311.22 feet (311.22) to the PLACE OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING IN AREA 2,7131 acres (118,183 sq. ft.) of land, more or less. TRACT DESCRIMON of a 7.2275 acre (314,828 sq. ft.) tract of land out of the Hezekiah Williams League, Abstract No. 56 located in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. ALL THAT CERTAIN tract or parcel of land being out and a part of that certain 9.9406 acre tract conveyed by Amoco Production Company to WTL Development, Inc. as recorded under County Clerk's File No. 1999016905 of the Official Public Records of Real Property, Jefferson County, Texas, said tract being more fully bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a Amoco monument found marking the southwest corner of the herein described tract, said corner marking the northwest corner of Lot 13 in Windwood Place, a subdivision, plat of which appears in Volume 14, Page 352 of the Map Records of Jefferson County, Texas and the southwest corner of the aforesaid 9.9406 acre tract; THENCE with the west line of the herein described tract, North 03 degrees 29 minutes 03 seconds West (N 03029'03" W) for a distance of 570�,34 feet (570.34) to a 3/4 inch (3/4") iron rod located in the most northerly line of said 9.9406 acre WTL Development tract and in the southerly line of that certain 60.00 acre tract conveyed by H. Grant Nichols, Jr. to Amoco Production Company by deed dated June 5, 1980 and recorded in Volume 2238, Page 101 of the Deed Records of Jefferson County, Texas, said corner marking the northwest corner of the herein described tract; THENCE with the most northerly line of said 9.9406 acre WTL Development tract, the southerly line of said 60.00 acre Amoco tract, and the most northerly line of the herein described tract, North 86 degrees 34 minutes 20 seconds East (N 86' 34' 20" E) for a distance of 242.50 feet (242.50) to a Amoco monument marking an angle point in the northerly line of said 9.9406 acre tract, the southerly line of said 60.00 acre Amoco tract, and the northerly line of the herein described tract; THENCE with the southerly line of said 60.00 acre Amoco tract, the northeasterly line of said 9.9406 acre WTL Development tract, and the northeasterly line of the herein described tract, South 72 degrees 40 minutes 25 seconds East (S 72' 40' 25 " E) at 70,67 feet (70.67') pass a one inch (I") pinched pipe found marking the southeast corner of said 60.00 acre Amoco, tract and the south west corner of Dowlen Green, Unit 1, plat of which appears in Volume 2, Page 180 of the Condominium Records of Jefferson County, Texas, and continuing along the southerly line of said Dowlen Green, Unit 1, the northeasterly line of the herein described tract, and said course for a total distance of 402.97 feet (402.97) to the northeast corner of the herein described tract; THENCE South 03 degrees 32 minutes 35 seconds West (S 03 '3 2'3 5 " W) for a distance of 430.17 feet (430,17) to the southeast corner of the herein described tract, said corner being in the north line of Lot 20 in Dowlen Plaza, a subdivision, plat of which appears in Volume 14, Page 225 of the Map Records of Jefferson County, Texas, and also being in the south line of said 9.9406 acre WTL Development tract; THENCE along a portion of the north line of Lot 20, Dowlen Plaza, the north line of Lots 13-19, Windwood Place, the south line of said 9.9406 acre tract, and the south line of the herein described tract, South 86 degrees 30 minutes 57 seconds West (S 86'30'57" W) for a distance of 566.55 feet (566.55') to the PLACE OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING IN AREA 7.2275 acres (314,828 sq. ft.) of land, more or less, FILE 1471- : Request for a zone change from RS (Residential Single Family NORTH Dwelling) to RM-H (Residential Multiple Family Dwelling - High Density) and GC- MD-2 with a specific use permit for a credit union (totaI of 9.9406 acres) Location: 2000 block of Dowlen Road SCALE Applicant: Carroll & Blackman, Inc. for WTL Development, Inc. 111=2001 E. R M RS TO RM H 7.2275 ACRES' C.yol�l�l—� RS TO GC-MD-2 (SUP) 2.713 1 ACRES v: Ito Li•' .� �,y �y xir ^ rJ# rX'1 � � s.3 r '�� ^'rY,�'o - � ^? �' '.r�T. r A``tid► ;2 . .s{ +u ®tA I PL.,AC E ' 1 1. y P N zo As id ' S S�•t� .s� "�\ ram. .. y �'�' A .I�.k+�.a�r�i'- �r r, i ':. :f Q t. R,. Boa ,oa.o tca.ra d {c � o 1 O' Aih►D6 4 W os,so Jt.�o "'So 93.80 � A W IN'DSOR PARKWAY 0a .re 186 4• so fat f k. 354 73...�.� rLar 14*1T 41:e A►. LL�'- AMOCC PRODUCTION CO. SUBJECT TRACT WINDWOOD WINDSOR PLACE EXHIBIT A TO ACCOMPANT REQUEST FOR CHANGE FOR 4"+ AC,?AC,?E TVhCT WEwNGTON PLACE SHERIDAN PARK IF) APPLICANT. WTL DEVELOPMENT, INC. P.C. BOX 7749 BEAUMONT, TEXAS 77726— 7749 LOCATEDIN arrvll PREPARED BY. p THE �`000 BLOCK CE �exck�ry ��� ti Street & Surveyors N. DOWLEN ROAD pp �////*�� ^- + p /��y� COUNTY, ��r/y�+ nc. Beaumont, Tews77702-1,305 C7�U1' ONT, JEFFEIf'GSO COUN 1 , TE/R/"11a7 (409) 833-0118or833-3363 MIR I P1 P lit I 'I is 11 sR 'Willi P 19 av" )tyuw 1 1 Mo x I �p Th$bMw q ; 11 F-T NJIMOG C; O L-j AS arroll & , lackman, nc Kim Carroll, PE Norman Blackman, PE, RPLS Allen Sims, PE ReedMeriwelber PE 7bbyJ Davis, PE Bill fflarrick, RPLS Steve Bosicber, RPLS MitcbellBrackin, RPLS 1360 T'Street "iaumont, Texas 77702 ne.- 409-833336.3 PAX, 409-833-0317 E-mail: cbiengCaaol. cone Cons Wing Engineers & Surveyors 27 August 1999 CITY OF BEAUMONT Planning Commission & City Council c/o City of Beaumont Planning Division P.O. Box 3827 Beaumont, Texas 77704-3827 Attn: Mr. Stephen C, Richardson, AICP Planning Director Re: Applications for Zoning Amendment And Specific Use Permit Dear Mr. Richardson: Attached for review and consideration are the following: Application form requesting amendment to the Zoning Ordinance for a 9.9406 acre parcel of vacant land located in the 2000 block of Dowlen Road 2) Application form requesting a Specific Use Permit for the front 2.7131 acres of the overall subject tract 3) Exhibits: "N'-Location map; "B"-Proposed zoning partition and existing zoning of adjoining properties; and "C"-Conceptual site plan for the front 2.7131 acres of the subject property 4) Current survey of the subject tract (9.9406 acres) from March of 1999 Field note description of the subject tract and descriptions of the two parcels comprising the requested zoning amendment 6) Application fee (check no. 2333),for $5,00.00 Mr. Stephen C. Richardson, AICP Planning Director 27 August 1999 Page 2 of 3 The subject property is a 9.9406 acre wooded tract which lies between the Dowlen Green apartment complex and Dowlen Plaza, an office complex fronting a residential development known as Windwood Place. To briefly describe recent activities associated with this tract, the property was purchased from BP Amoco earlier this year by WTL Development, Inc. Initial plans were to develop the property in a similar manner as the adjoining Dowlen Plaza with office sites fronting Dowlen Road to buffer a residential area in the rear. After several meetings with, the City Planning Division and discussions with Engineering and Traffic regarding proposed zone changes and site access issues, a location for a future street was firmed up along with plans for a median cut to access and exit the property. With a couple of development options still being discussed, the City approved plans for the median cut opposite this proposed street to allow easier and safer access to and from the site particularly during construction of onsite improvements. The median cut, which was, completed earlier this month, has both an acceleration and a decel lane to facilitate a smoother transition into and out of the northbound flow of traffic onto Dowlen Road. Recently, Beaumont Telco Federal Credit Union, approached the developer with interest to purchase the front portion of the property to construct a branch office at this location. At this time, the credit union has entered into a purchase agreement with the owner for the entire 9.9406 acre tract with plans to build a new branch facility on the 2.7131 acre site fronting Dowlen Road and with the above referenced submittal package, request consideration to amend the front portion of the property from its current designation of RS to GC-MD-2 with the attachment of a Specific Use Permit. Also requested is consideration to zone the residual 7,2275 acres to RM-H as to be consistent with the developed areas immediately adjacent to and across Dowlen from this property. As depicted on Exhibit "B" and "C", the new credit union site would not exceed the depth of the adjacent business offices in the Dowlen Plaza complex so as to not directly oppose the existing residential homes in Windwood Place. As the proposed site plan indicates, the property would be subdivided initially into two tracts on which the Credit Union would construct a public street off Dowlen Road that would extend approximately 375 feet along the north side of the property. This street would serve as sole access to and from their new branch facility and also serve as future access to the residual land. Construction of this street would of course include the extension of adequate utilities and drainage to serve immediate and future needs. All improvements for this street (paving, water, sanitary sewer, drainage, etc.) would be constructed to applicable City standards. A 4' sidewalk would also be constructed along the Dowlen Road right-of-way per City requirements. If necessary, provisions for a temporary cul-de-sacwould be made to accommodate Fire Department vehicles until such time as the street is extended., 1�67& 1acknian —Inc. Mr. Stephen C. Richardson, AICP Planning Director 27 August 1999 Page 3 of 3 The proposed Credit Union building would be approximately 5,000 square feetwith a multi- lane drive thru and separate parking: areas for employees and customers. All applicable regulations pertaining to landscaping, building height, sign location, lighting, buffer requirements, etc. would comply with the City Zoning Ordinance. The Credit Union has great expectations to transform this vacant land into a very upscale facility that should blend very well with the existing business environment along this stretch of Dowlen Road. On behalf of the applicant, WTL Development, Inc. and the members and staff of Beaumont Telco Credit Union, we appreciate all of the help and suggestions offered by the Planning Department in the preparation of these applications. We request consideration of the attached and trust that these will meet with favorable approval by both the Planning Commission and City Council at the Joint Public Hearing scheduled for September 20'. If you or the Planning staff should have any questions or comments prior to that time, certainly feel free to call. JP/jP Sincerely, CARROLL & BLACKMAN, INC. Consul#nEngineers & Surveyors 0 ie Lan ev ent &Site Planning Attachments cc: WTL Development, Inc. Mr. W.T. "Bill" Little Beaumont Telco Federal Credit Union Mr. Jay Hillin Building Committee Chairman X\6639\wpM39SUP.c01.wpd arroll & lackman, Inc.