SUBJECT
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Public hearing and recommendation of an ordinance for the voluntary annexation and initial zoning for M-1 (Light Manufacturing District) on a tract of land containing 562.7735-acres, more or less, as described by metes and bounds in the attached Exhibit “A,” and known as Annexation Tract 6 (Reuthinger Point Tract) located northwest of FM 1472 and FM 3338 intersection.
AN-006-2025
District VII - Cm. Vanessa Perez
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PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
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BACKGROUND
Voluntary Annexation:
Tract 6 - 562.7735-acres, more or less, located at northwest of FM 1472 and FM 3338 intersection.
Petitioner: David Reuthinger, on behalf of Reuthinger Living Trust
Council District: District VII - Cm. Vanessa Perez
Proposed Use: M-1 (Light Manufacturing District)
Site: The site is vacant and undeveloped.
Surrounding Land Uses: To the north is the colonia of Ranchos Penitas West. To the east, is the FM 3338, and vacant, undeveloped land. To the south and west, are FM 1472, vacant land, and industrial development.
Comprehensive Plan: The Future Land Use Map identifies this tract as Neighborhood Mixed Use, Medium Density Residential, Low Density Residential, and High Density Residential uses.
https://www.openlaredo.com/planning/2017_Comprehensive_Plan-Viva_Laredo.pdf#page=39
Transportation Plan: The Future Transportation Plan identifies FM 1472 and FM 3338 as expressways.
https://www.cityoflaredo.com/home/showpublisheddocument/21421/638941324987500000
Letters sent to surrounding property owners: (33) In Favor: (0) Opposed: (0)
STAFF COMMENTS:
Property owners have 180 days following the effective date of an annexation to request a zone change without a fee charged.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The P&Z Commission, in a _ to _ vote, recommended _____ for the proposed annexation.
The P&Z Commission, in a _ to _ vote, recommended _____ for the proposed initial zoning.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
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Staff supports the proposed annexation.
Staff does not support the initial zoning of M-1 (Light Manufacturing District) for the entire tract. Instead, Staff recommends M-1 for an area approximately 2,200 feet in width along and adjacent to the existing M-1 zoning to the west, and B-3 (Community Business District) for the remainder of the tract, as this aligns with the Comprehensive Plan’s Future Land Use Map, which designates the area primarily neighborhood Mixed Use, with portions identified for Low Density Residential and High Density Residential.
Limiting M-1 to the western portion maintains continuity with the established industrial area, while preventing industrial uses from expanding further east into areas the Comprehensive Plan has identified as mix-use and residential. Therefore, establishing B-3 to the remainder of the tract provides the appropriate transition in land use intensity. In addition, the B-3 zoning will allow for commercial services that are currently lacking along the corridor, supporting both the existing employment base and future growth.
Overall, the surrounding area to the east remains largely vacant and undeveloped. Establishing M-1 to the west and B-3 to the remainder of the tract will help guide orderly and compatible growth that is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan’s long-range vision for this region.
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 industrial uses and other less intense and residential uses.
B-3 (Community Business District):
The purpose of the B-3 District (Community Business District) is to provide for those businesses and services serving a trade area larger than a neighborhood, but smaller than the entire City and located primarily along minor or principal arterial streets, as classified in the Transportation Plan of the City of Laredo. It is intended for this zoning classification to exist primarily abutting minor or principal arterial streets while preserving established residential neighborhoods along such streets.
Is this change contrary to the established land pattern?
No. The surrounding land pattern is largely vacant and undeveloped, with the exception of industrial uses to the west and the colonia of Rancho Penitas to the north.
Would this change create an isolated zoning district unrelated to surrounding districts?
No. The subject tract is adjacent to existing M-1 zoning to the west, with vacant, undeveloped land to the east, FM 1472 to the south, and the colonia of Rancho Penitas to the north.
Will this change adversely influence living condition 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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