Placement: Public Hearing - Non Quasi Judicial
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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P24-219 Paradise Realty 17, LLC - Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment
Location: The property is located at the northeast corner of SE Lennard Road and SE Longhorn Avenue.
Legal Description: Section 30, Block 1543, Lots 14-19 (PB 14, PG 10)
This is a request to change the future land use designation from Residential, Office, Institutional (ROI) to Institutional (I).
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Submitted By: Bethany Grubbs, Senior Planner
Executive Summary: This is a request to change the future land use designation from Residential, Office, Institutional (ROI) to Institutional (I). The 1.45-acre property is located at 2277 SE Lennard Road, generally located at the northeast corner of SE Lennard Road.
Presentation Information: Staff will provide a presentation.
Board Voting Options: The Board may recommend approval or denial of the proposed comprehensive plan amendment to City Council.
Background: The applicant is seeking approval for a small-scale Future Land Use Map amendment to change the future land use classification from Residential, Office, Institutional (ROI) to Institutional (I). The subject property is located at the northeast corner of SE Lennard Road and SE Longhorn Avenue and the address is 2277 SE Lennard Road. The property has a zoning designation of Institutional (I). It is currently developed as a 50-bed assisted living facility in a 14,731 square foot building. The applicant is seeking to change the use from an assisted living facility to a nursing or convalescent home.
Issues/Analysis: This requested land use amendment is necessary to change the property’s use from an assisted living facility to a nursing or convalescent home. The Institutional (I) zoning district permits nursing and convalescent homes. By amending the land use designation to Institutional (I), the property owner will be able to change the use from an assisted living facility to a nursing or convalescent home. As part of the Comprehensive Plan map amendment process, staff evaluates the potential impacts of the proposed land use change, specifically focusing on the highest and most intense potential use associated with the requested land use. This analysis considers the maximum demands that could result from the new land use designation, versus the existing land use designation, regardless of the specifics of the proposed development.
The amendment is projected to have no adverse effects on traffic operations or roadway performance. In evaluating the most intense potential land uses, it is noted that even with the development of the highest traffic-generating use, such as a library, no off-site improvements, including additional turn lanes or signalization, are required for the surrounding roadways. Accordingly, there will be no detrimental impacts on Level of Service (LOS) standards as specified in the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan.
Special Consideration: In 2021, the City adopted a text amendment to Policy 1.1.4.13 of the Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan, which removed the Institutional (I) zoning district as a compatible zoning district with the Residential, Office, Institutional (ROI) land use designation. As a result, the existing I zoning district became incompatible with the ROI land use designation, rendering the property a nonconforming use. However, the existing use of an assisted living facility remains grandfathered under the previous regulations. This requested land use amendment is necessary to change the property’s use from an assisted living facility to a nursing or convalescent home. The Institutional (I) zoning district permits nursing and convalescent homes. By amending the land use designation to Institutional (I), the property owner will be able to change the use from an assisted living facility to a nursing or convalescent home. No exterior building improvements are proposed as part of this amendment that would trigger the need for site plan approval. However, the applicant will be required to submit an updated Use and Occupancy application as part of the process.
Location of Project: 2277 SE Lennard Road, generally located at the northeast corner of SE Lennard Road and SE Longhorn Avenue.
Attachments:
1. Staff Report
2. Cover Letter
3. Ordinance
4. Deed
5. Agent Authorization Form (1)
6. Agent Authorization Form (2)
7. Staff Presentation