17-19-HERITAGE RIDGE INVESTMENTS ZONING

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Item Nos. 17-19 memo�andum TO: Mayor & Council FROM: John Godwin, City Manager Alan Efrussy, AICP, Planning Manager SUBJECT: HERITAGE RIDGE INVESTMENTS ZONING DATE: February 19, 2013 BACKGROLJND: At the February 4, 2013 planning and zoning commission meeting three public hearings were held to consider the petition of Heritage Ridge Investments, and preliminary and final plats were considered for these subject zoning requests. At that meeting, the commission unanimously recommended approval of all of these items. On February 11 the city council subsequently approved the plats, and opened public hearings on the three zoning requests, with the expectation that those hearings would be concluded on February 25. STATUS OF ISSUE: Specifically, the three zoning requests are: • City Block 313, Lot 2, is currently zoned Planned Development District—c (PD-c) which is for industrial parks or districts. This currently vacant lot at 3720 Lamar Avenue, formerly the site of Big Tex Feed Company, is adjacent to the Exxon Station at 3750 Lamar Avenue (Lot 2-E). Heritage Ridge Investments has requested a change in zoning to Commercial District (C) to allow them to demolish the existing Exxon Station and construct a 5,000 square foot convenience store with a large fuel island and canopy on parts of the two existing lots. • City Block 313, Lot 2-E, is already zoned Commercial (C). Heritage Ridge Investments has requested a change in zoning for that lot from a Commercial District (C) to a Commercial District with a Specific Use Permit for auto fuel sales on both Lots 2 and 2-E. • City Block 222-B, Lots 5, 6, and 7 are currently zoned Commercial District (C). An Exxon gas station currently exists at 2685 Lamar on Lot 6. Lots 5 and 7 on either side are vacant. Heritage Ridge Investments has requested a zoning change from Commercial District (C) to Commercial District (C) with a Specific Use Permit for auto fuel sales on Lots 5, 6, and 7, all 93