Planning Report
Z16-0028 / Harris
City Council District 3
Planning & Zoning Commission
March 22, 2017
REQUEST:
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Hold a public hearing and consider a request by MSGS-B, Ltd. to rezone approximately 0.550 acres from a Downtown Residential 2 (DR-2) District to a Downtown Commercial General (DC-G) District. The property is located at 1604 West Hickory Street approximately 85 feet east of North Avenue C in the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas. (Z16-0028, Harris, Hayley Zagurski).
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OWNER:
MSGS-B, Ltd.
APPLICANT:
Gary Chang, Jackson Chang Apartments
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is located on the north side of West Hickory Street between Avenue B and Avenue C. The applicant is seeking to rezone the subject property from Downtown Residential 2 (DR-2) District to Downtown Commercial General (DC-G) District. The property owner also owns the two adjoining properties to the east, which are zoned DC-G District. The applicant is seeking to consolidate the zoning on the contiguous parcels to facilitate future redevelopment of the properties. The applicant has indicated that their intent is to redevelop the site with office and multi-family uses. Specific plans and a timeline for the intended redevelopment were not provided with this request.
SITE DATA:
The 0.55-acre subject property has approximately 150 feet of frontage along West Hickory Street. The property is currently developed with four one-story duplexes, two of which are joined by a carport, and an asphalt parking lot. The property is currently unplatted.
West Hickory Street is classified as a Secondary Major Arterial and is also a One-Way Couplet, with Oak Street being the second half of the couplet. A One- Way Secondary Major Arterial requires 66 feet of right of way and is designed to accommodate approximately 10,050 vehicle trips per day. West Hickory Street is not currently built to Secondary Major Arterial standards.
Access is currently provided to the subject property from a single exi...
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