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| BACKGROUND |
The applicant is proposing to rezone approximately 2 acres of land from General Business District (GB) to Manufacturing Light District (M-1).
The subject area is located at 17401 Triton Drive. The site is platted as Lot 18, Block 2 of the Titan Tri-County Business Park II Subdivision, and currently has an existing 32,387 square foot office/warehouse building.
The public hearing notice was published in the San Antonio Express News on January 10, 2020. Eight public hearing notices were mailed to surrounding property owners within two hundred feet of the subject property on December 27, 2019, in preparation of the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting that took place on January 8, 2020. At the time of this report, Staff has received one response in favor of the requested zone change.
The following representatives were in attendance at the January 8, 2020, Planning & Zoning Commission public hearing:
- Angela Hunt, Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C, Authorized Agent
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| GOAL |
| The project goal is to bring the existing land use on the subject property (Office-Warehouse/Distribution Center) into conformance with the current Unified Development Code through a rezone from General Business District (GB) to Manufacturing Light District (M-1). |
| COMMUNITY BENEFIT |
| It is the City’s desire to promote safe, orderly, efficient development and ensure compliance with the City’s vision of future growth. |
| SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDED ACTION |
Property History:
The subject property is currently occupied with an existing nonconforming, office-warehouse/distribution land use (Gaucho Gourmet, a food products supply business). The site plan for the Titan Tri-County Business Park II Subdivision was approved on October 11, 2005, and a building permit for Building 3 (Lot 18, Block 2) was issued on March 23, 2006. At the time, the Office-Warehouse/Distribution Center land use was permitted by right in the General Business District (GB).
On February 24, 2009, through Ordinance 09-S-06, the Unified Development Code was amended. Through this amendment, the Office-Warehouse/Distribution Center land use was removed as a permitted use and was no longer permitted by right in the General Business District (GB). Since the site plan was approved and the building permit was issued prior to this amendment, the existing Office-Warehouse/Distribution Center land use is considered existing, nonconforming.
The owner of the property is now proposing to zone change the subject property from General Business District (GB) to Manufacturing Light District (M-1) in order to guarantee the property's right to continue the Office-Warehouse/Distribution Center land use if the property is sold.
Compatibility of Existing and Potential Adjacent Land Uses:
The subject property is currently surrounded by the Triton Drive right-of-way, an office-warehouse distribution center, a restaurant and retail development, and a commercial parking lot. The proposed zone change to Manufacturing Light District (M-1) should have no impact on the existing and potential adjacent land uses.
Comprehensive Plan Goals and Objectives:
The Comprehensive Land Use Plan, through the Future Land Use Plan and the North Schertz Sector Plan, designates the subject property as Industrial, which is intended to maintain some lower intensity industrial, flex office, and logistics uses within North Schertz. Therefore, the proposed zone change to the Manufacturing Light zoning district would allow the property to better represent the Industrial future land use designation and is compatible with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting:
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on January 8, 2020, and offered a recommendation of approval by unanimous vote.
City Council approved this on first reading at their meeting of January 28, 2020. |
| FISCAL IMPACT |
| None |
| RECOMMENDATION |
Manufacturing Light District (M-1) is an appropriate zoning district for the subject property due to its compatibility with the Industrial future land use designation in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. The proposed zone change would also allow the existing, nonconforming Office-Warehouse/Distribution Center land use to continue operation in compliance with the Unified Development Code. Therefore, Staff recommends approval of the requested zone change to Manufacturing Light District (M-1).
Staff recommends approval of final reading.
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