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CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR P.B. ADDITION. (GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF FLOOD AVENUE NORTH OF HIGHLAND PARKWAY)
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BACKGROUND: This item is a preliminary plat for P.B. Addition and is generally located on the west side of Flood Avenue approximately 160’ north of Highland Parkway. This property consists of 1.98 acres and one (1) commercial lot. City Council, at its meeting of October 26, 1954, adopted Ordinance No. 899 annexing and placing this property in the C-2, General Commercial zoning district. Planning Commission, at its meeting of November 8, 2012, recommended approval of the preliminary plat for P.B. Addition.
DISCUSSION: This parcel is currently undeveloped. The proposed development will add 9,500 square feet of office/warehouse space along the west side of Flood Avenue between Johnson Street and Highland Parkway. This is an L-shaped parcel of land that is partially adjacent to Flood Avenue. The portion of the property located between the commercial parcels on Flood Avenue and the residential properties on Dorchester Drive will remain undeveloped at this time, however the owner may store equipment on this portion of the property. This addition is expected to generate 212 trips per day and 50 PM peak hour trips. As such, the trip generation potential for this development is well below the threshold for when a traffic impact study is required. Traffic capacities on nearby arterial roadways exceed the demand for existing and proposed trips as a result of this development. No negative traffic impacts are anticipated. See Attachment A.
Access to the proposed development will be from a single driveway located on the west side of Flood Avenue just south of the existing Johnson Street intersection. The development of this tract will eliminate one of the two existing drives along Flood Avenue. Originally, staff had requested that the proposed layout for the development be flipped so that the driveway would be on the sou...
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