(10)(a)
CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MTG
- Meeting Date:
- 04/03/2024
- Title:
- Abandonment - the entire 15’ wide alley adjacent to Lot 11 and Lots 12 thru 16 of Block 135 of Texas City Second Division
- Submitted For:
- Kim Golden
- Submitted By:
- Veronica Carreon, Transportation and Planning
- Department:
- Transportation and Planning
Information
ACTION REQUEST
Consider and take action on the request from TCEDC for an ordinance to abandon the entire 15’ wide alley adjacent to Lot 11 and Lots 12 thru 16 of Block 135 of Texas City Second Division in Galveston County. Located off of 6th Avenue North between 4th Street North and 5th Street North.
BACKGROUND (Brief Summary)
The applicant is the Texas City Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC) which owns all of the property adjacent to the alley being proposed for abandonment. The entire 15’ wide alley is adjacent to Lot 11 and Lots 12 thru 16 of Block 135 of Texas City Second Division in Galveston County and located off of 6th Avenue North between 4th Street North and 5th Street North.
The property is vacant and consists of all of nine (9) undersized lots and parts of two additional undersized and unbuildable lots. The lots owned by TCEDC are adjacent and contiguous to each other and to the alley. The existing lots are considered undersized because they do not meet the current zoning requirements for minimum width, length, or area. TCEDC seeks the abandonment of this section of the alley so the existing vacant lots and alley can be consolidated and re-subdivided by replat into four compliant residential lots for the construction of new single-family residences in accordance with the Texas City Zoning Ordinance. The site is zoned District A – Single Family Residential, which has minimum lot size requirements of 50ft wide, 100ft deep, and 6,000 sq ft in area. The four re-platted lots will meet or exceed these minimum requirements.
The applicant provided letters of no objection from TNMP, CenterPoint, AT&T and Comcast. Texas City Public Works and the Utilities Department reviewed the application for abandonment of the alley and provided letters of no objection. Allowing the abandonment of specific streets and alleys creates the ability to consolidate tracts of land for more favorable development opportunities.
The property is vacant and consists of all of nine (9) undersized lots and parts of two additional undersized and unbuildable lots. The lots owned by TCEDC are adjacent and contiguous to each other and to the alley. The existing lots are considered undersized because they do not meet the current zoning requirements for minimum width, length, or area. TCEDC seeks the abandonment of this section of the alley so the existing vacant lots and alley can be consolidated and re-subdivided by replat into four compliant residential lots for the construction of new single-family residences in accordance with the Texas City Zoning Ordinance. The site is zoned District A – Single Family Residential, which has minimum lot size requirements of 50ft wide, 100ft deep, and 6,000 sq ft in area. The four re-platted lots will meet or exceed these minimum requirements.
The applicant provided letters of no objection from TNMP, CenterPoint, AT&T and Comcast. Texas City Public Works and the Utilities Department reviewed the application for abandonment of the alley and provided letters of no objection. Allowing the abandonment of specific streets and alleys creates the ability to consolidate tracts of land for more favorable development opportunities.
RECOMMENDATION
The Planning Board held a public hearing at its meeting on March 18, 2024, and then voted unanimously (4-0) to recommend approval of the abandonment as requested by TCEDC.
Staff have reviewed the site and the letters of no objection received from the utilities and offer no objection to approval of the abandonment.
Staff have reviewed the site and the letters of no objection received from the utilities and offer no objection to approval of the abandonment.