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Concerning a voluntary annexation application by Steve LaMantia on behalf of Needmore Dolores, LLC., altering and extending the boundary limits of the City of Laredo, annexing additional territory of 303.02 acres, more or less, located north of State Highway 255 and east of FM 1472. 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) and B-3 (Community Business District).
The applicant originally requested an initial zoning of M-1 (Light Manufacturing District) and B-4 (Highway Commercial District), but amended the application in favor of an M-1 (Light Manufacturing District) and B-3 (Community Business District).
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the annexation and recommended approval of the initial zoning of the area proposed as M-1 (Light Manufacturing District) and denial of the initial zoning of the area proposed as B-4 (Highway Commercial District), and instead recommended approval of B-3 (Community Business District) for said area.
Staff supports the annexation and amended initial zoning.
AN-007-2023
District VII - Cm. Vanessa Perez
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PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
This item was introduced by the Honorable Vanessa Perez at the regular council meeting of March 18, 2024.
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 February 5, 2024 and February 20, 2024. The petition for annexation was presented before the Planning and Zoning Commission on December 7, 2023 for a recommendation. The petition for annexation will subsequently go before City Council for final reading of the ordinance on April 2, 2024.
Tract 9 is as follows:
Voluntary Annexation:
Tract 9 - 303.02 acres, more or less, located north of State Highway 255 and east of FM 1472.
Petitioner: Steve LaMantia - Needmore Dolores, LLC.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the proposed annexation and zoning designations on December 7, 2023, and in a 6 to 0 vote, recommended approval of the annexation and recommended approval of the initial zoning of the area proposed as M-1 (Light Manufacturing District) and denial of the initial zoning of the area proposed as B-4 (Highway Commercial District), and instead recommended approval of B-3 (Community Business District) for said area.
Proposed use: M-1 (Light Manufacturing District) and B-3 (Community Business District)
Site: Vacant undeveloped land.
Surrounding land uses: To the north is vacant undeveloped land. The tract is bounded on the west by the International Commerce Center Industrial Park. To the south and southeast is State Highway 255.
Comprehensive Plan: The Future Land Use Map identifies this tract as Light Industrial, Heavy Industrial, and Mixed Use Center. RE:
https://www.openlaredo.com/planning/2017_Comprehensive_Plan-Viva_Laredo.pdf#page=39
Transportation Plan: The Future Transportation Plan identifies State Highway 255 and FM 1472 as Expressways. RE:
https://www.cityoflaredo.com/home/showpublisheddocument/10254/638273408739870000
Letters sent to surrounding property owners: 8 In Favor: 0 Opposed: 0
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
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Staff supports the annexation and amended initial zoning.
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.
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 use pattern?
No. There is an adjacent industrial park to the west and the tract is near an international border crossing. State Highway 255 is designated as a Hazardous Materials Route.
Would this change create an isolated zoning district unrelated to surrounding districts?
No. The area to the west is zoned M-1. The area to the north, east and west 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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