SUBJECT
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Public Hearing and Introductory Ordinance concerning a voluntary annexation application by Lucia Elizondo Paez, on behalf of All Carriers, Inc., altering and extending the boundary limits of the City of Laredo, annexing additional territory of 8.55 acres, more or less, located south of FM 1472 and southeast of Thiesel Road. Providing for the effective date of the ordinance, authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract adopting a service plan for the annexed territory, and establishing the initial zoning of M-1 (Light Manufacturing District).
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the annexation and initial zoning.
Staff supports the application and initial zoning.
AN-005-2024
District VII - Cm. Vanessa Perez
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PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
Pursuant to Ordinance 2020-O-130, there are two (2) annexation cycles per year.
BACKGROUND
Texas Local Government Code Section 43.0673 requires a public hearing before City Council. The public hearing was held on January 28, 2025. The petition for annexation was presented before the Planning and Zoning Commission on November 17, 2024 for a recommendation. The petition for annexation will subsequently go before City Council for final reading of the ordinance on March 3, 2025.
Tract 5 is as follows:
Voluntary Annexation:
Tract 5 - 8.55 acres, more or less, located south of FM 1472 and southeast of Thiesel Road.
Petitioner: Lucia Elizondo Paez, on behalf of All Carriers, Inc.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the proposed annexation and zoning designation on November 17, 2024 and in a 6 to 0 vote, recommended approval of the annexation and initial zoning.
Proposed Use: M-1 (Light Manufacturing District) - Warehousing.
Site: Existing trailer yard and warehouse under construction.
Surrounding land uses: To the west are existing trailer yards. The north and across FM 1472 are existing trailer yards within the Ashley Acres Development. To the southeast is an existing aggregate extraction facility.
Comprehensive Plan: The future land use map identifies this tract as Agricultural/Rural and Light Industrial RE:
https://www.openlaredo.com/planning/2017_Comprehensive_Plan-Viva_Laredo.pdf#page=39
Transportation Plan: The Future Transportation Plan identifies FM 1472 as an Expressway. Thiesel Road is not identified.
https://www.cityoflaredo.com/departments/planning-and-zoning/plans
Letters sent to surrounding property owners: 5 In favor: 0 Opposed: 0
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
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Staff supports the annexation.
Staff supports the initial zoning. The proposed zoning is compatible with existing and adjacent uses to the west which consist of trucking/transport and across the highway to the north. Furthermore, there is an aggregate materials plant to the south. This tract is part of a larger tract of which a portion was recently rezoned from AG to M-1 pursuant to Ordinance 2024-O-171.
IMPACT ANALYSIS
M-1 (Light Manufacturing District):
The purpose of the M-1 Light Manufacturing District is to encourage the development of manufacturing and wholesale business establishments which are clean, quiet, and free of hazardous or objectionable elements such as noise, odor, dust, smoke or glare. Research activities are encouraged. This district is further designed to act as a transitional use between heavy industrial uses and other less intense and
residential uses.
Is this change contrary to the established land use pattern?
No the land to the east is industrial in nature.
Would this change create an isolated zoning district unrelated to surrounding districts?
No. This tract is part of a larger tract of which a portion was recently rezoned from AG to M-1 pursuant to Ordinance 2024-O-171. The area to the south is unzoned.
Will change adversely influence living conditions in the neighborhood?
No. There are no residential neighborhoods in the area.
Are there substantial reasons why the property cannot be used in accordance with existing zoning?
N/A
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