SUBJECT
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Review of the revision to the Embarcadero Southeast Quadrant Masterplan. The intent is industrial and commercial. The purpose of this revision is to update the Phase 6 lot count from six (6) lots to one (1) lot.
PL-051-2026
District VII - Cm. Vanessa Perez
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PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
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BACKGROUND
APPLICANT: Farias Development, LTD
ENGINEER: Camacho-Hernandez & Assoc.
SITE: This 235.11-acre tract of land is located on the southeast corner of FM 1472 and Bob Bullock Loop. The zoning for this development M-1 (Light Manufacturing District), B-4 (Highway Commercial District), B-3 (Community Business District), and R-2 (Multi-Family District). This tract is located in District VII - Cm. Vanessa Perez.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
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APPROVE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
Planning:
1. A zone change will be required for the intended uses (proposed multi-family in Phase 7 and proposed commercial in Phase 12). Please note that masterplan/plat approval does not constitute a staff position on zone change requests. Staff’s official position will be provided only upon formal submittal of a zone change application. All zone change requests are subject to City Council discretion and are not guaranteed. Should the request be denied, a plat revision will be required.
2. Submit a master plan revision to the City of Laredo Building Development Services GIS Division within 10 days of Planning and Zoning Commission approval in a geo-referenced CAD file (Section 2-3.2 (a) 4 - Subdivision Ordinance).
3. Access to FM 1472, Bob Bullock Loop, and Interstate Highway 35 is subject to the review and approval by Texas Department of Transportation (TX-DOT).
4. Coordinate with the Environmental Department and comply with the vegetative buffering requirements as a first and third order streams impacts a portion of this tract (Section 24-27 - Laredo Land Development Code).
5. Identify all easements.
6. All improvements as per the Subdivision Ordinance.
Traffic Safety:
1. Block lengths shall not exceed one thousand two hundred feet (1,200) or be less than three hundred (300) feet, except as may be required by the Commission in the proper projection of existing major thoroughfares, and on existing platted blocks. (As per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook Section 3-2).
a. Block lengths and street lengths may be waived by the Planning and Zoning Commission provided that the waiver is requested in writing, incorporates traffic impact mitigation measures into a site plan, which is then submitted in conjunction with a preliminary plat/replat application.
b. No block length waiver may be granted by the Planning and Zoning Commission unless traffic impact mitigation measures comply with standards (herein adopted as minimum standards) of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (Latest Edition) and as set out in the "Transportation and Land Development Manual (Latest Edition)".
c. No block length waiver may be granted which modifies the City of Laredo Comprehensive Plan or the Thoroughfare Plan of the Comprehensive Plan addressing thoroughfares, highways, arterials, and collectors, or of the proper extension of any street.
d. A block length waiver shall not compromise safety.
Fire: No comments submitted.
Engineering: No comments submitted.
Environmental: No comments submitted.
Water & Utilities: No comments submitted.
WEBB County App: No comments submitted.
AEP Engineers: No comments submitted.
U.I.S.D.: No comments submitted.
L.I.S.D.: No comments submitted.
AT&T: No comments submitted.
NOTICE TO THE DEVELOPER:
Planning:
1. Only the utility easements within the plat boundaries are subject to change prior to plat recordation due to revisions by the utility companies.
2. All comments set forth are preliminary comments and not an exhaustive list. Additional comments may be added prior to final plat approval.
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