HomeMy WebLinkAbout1446-Z (02)DATE: April 19,1999
TO: Planning Commission and City Council
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Director
SUBJECT: Request for a zone change for two tracts of land from LI (Light Industrial) to RM-H
(Residential Multiple Family Dwelling -Highest Density) District.
FILE: 1446-Z
STAFF REPORT
Mark Whiteley and Associates, Inc., consulting engineers, are representing three property
owners who own land on the cast side of Elie about'/2 mile south of Cardinal Drive. This
is at the LNVA Canal and also a south line in the corporate limits of Beaumont,
This property is divided into two tracts (Lot 3/2.346 acres and Lot 5/3.59 acres) and was
zoned as LI in the 1960"s after Cardinal Drive was constructed. The 1981 Zoning Ordinance
prohibits single family homes in the district. Owners are trying to sell property for
residential purposes.
Land in this immediate vicinity is used for residential purposes or are vacant and wooded
tracts, Industrial uses exist to the north closer to Cardinal Drive.
Exhibits are attached.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
Notices mailed to property owners 15 -
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES
Lot 3 (2.346 acres) and Lot 5 (3.59) acres), Tract 134, Tax Plat B-20, Gladys City Oil and
Gas Manufacturing Company Subdivision, J. A. Veatch Survey, AB-55, Beaumont,
Jefferson County, Texas, total of 5.936 acres.
MARK W WHITELY
AND ASSOCIATES
INCORPORATED
CONSULTING ENGINEERS;
SURVEYORS, AND PLANNERS
P.O. BOX 5492
BEAUMONT, TEXAS 77726-5492
409 / 892-0421
February 24, 1999
Mr. Stephen Richardson
Planning Division Director
City of Beaumont
P.O. Box 3827
Beaumont, Texas 77704
ATTN: Mr. Murray Duren
REF: Zone Change Request
5755 & 5775 Erie Street
5.936 Acres
John A. Veatch Survey
Dear Murray:
Attached please find two Applications for Amendment of the
Zoning ordinance. The heirs of these two tracts are making
a combined request for a zone change from Light Industrial
to RM-H. A letter from Mr Vermilyea is attached explaining
the reason for this request. Included is a Vicinity Map and
a map showing the exact property of concern which is Lots 3
and 5 of B-20, Block 134 of the Gladys City Oil & Gas Mfg.
Co. subdivision in the John A. Veatch Survey.
Also included is 4 check for $500.00 for review of th6 zone
change request.
Please place this request on the April 19, 1999 schedule of
the Regular Meeting & Joint Public Hearing of the Planning
Commission.
If you have any questions or need additional information,
please let me know, as I remain,
Sincerely,
4
Donald M. Rao
Manager of Engineering
cc: Ms. June Kimbrough
cc: File
3250 Easlex Freeway Beaumont, Texas 77703 1-888--830-6929 Fax (409) 892-1346 E-Mail mwwassoc@aol.com
June Kimbrough
Southern Homes
290 Dowlen Rd. Suite 103
Beaumont TX 77706
Dear Ms. Kirribrough:
I N%ill consent to retain Mr, Mark Whiteley in the effort to change the zoning on our property as long as
Mr. Percy Wright who is m% wife's uncle does likewise. I have spoken tothe Beaumont zoning
commission (Sheryl Robinson) concerning this matter. She ad%ises me that the more acres of property
involved in the rezoning request, the better the chances.
This property and that of Percy Wright is what is left of the old Gorman estate which has been in the
family since the 1880s. The surviving heirs are now quite old or do not live in the area any more. The
property was rezoned light industrial about the time the prison was built, about 1990. We did not get any
notification about this and had assumed the property which had always been residential was still so and
houses could be built on the land. The current zoning restricts our own ability to build a home on the
property or to sell it for that purpose. We have for approximately the last 3 years had the land on the
market without any potential buyers for light industrial use. The only opportunity to sell the property was
for residential purposes. Since we have had that residential land in the family for about 100 years, were
not notified or given any input into the current zoning and now can not use the land or sell the land for
residential use this is a hardship we wish to correct with the re -zoning petition.
Respectfully,
---,a
Barry L. Vermilvea
2227 Riverview Rd.
Pine City MN. 55063
320-629-6496.
NOTE: Zoning to LI was done after Cardinal Drive was
completed. Public hearings were held in the 1960's.
Residential use not permitted in LI after 1981 Zoning
Ordinance. - Planning Division
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GENERAL INFORMATIONTUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT:
Mark Whiteley and Associates
PROPERTY OWNER:
Lot 5 - Barry Vermilyea - Minneapolis, MN
Lot 3 - Percy Wright 75% - Vidor, TX
Joan Ward, Executrix 25% - Odessa, TX
STATUS OF APPLICANT:
Consulting engineer
LOCATION:
5755 and 5775 Erie Street
EXISTING ZONING:
LI (Light Industrial) District
PROPERTY SIZE:
Lot 3 = 2,346 acres
Lot 5 = 3.59 acres
EXISTING LAND USES:
Vacant and wooded tracts
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE:
"A" - (100-year flood hazard)
"C" - (Minimal hazards)
(FIRM Panel 25C, March 16,1992)
SURROUNDING LAND USES:
SURROIMING ZONIN
NORTH: Residence on large tract
Ll (Light Industrial) District
EAST: Vacant
LI
SOUTH: LNVA Canal and city limits
N/A
WEST: Wooded tract and vacant pasture
LI
and a residence
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Industrial
OTHER PHYSICAL
FEATURES: None
STREETS: Erie Street - a 50' wide residential right-of-
way with a 20'wide asphalt pavement.
DRAINAGE: Street side ditch. Storm sewer stops at
Chambless Drive, 200 feet north.
WA 2" water line in street
GENERAL INFORMATIONLPUBLIC UTILITIES continued
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: 8" sanitary sewer in street
FIRE PROTECTION: Fire protection is provided by Station #3, 3895
Kenneth (to be moved to 805 Woodrow).
ADEQUACY Existing services and utilities are suitable for
OF SERVICE: residential uses.