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Commission approves plan amendment to allow community commercial at Rogers Road despite staff opposition
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to reclassify a parcel near the Highway 151/Loop 1604 intersection from neighborhood mixed use to community commercial, clearing the way for C2CD zoning requested by the applicant; staff had recommended denial citing incompatibility with surrounding low-density residential uses.
The San Antonio Planning Commission on April 23 approved a plan amendment to change a Highway 151/Loop 1604-area parcel from neighborhood mixed use to community commercial, a step the applicant said is needed to rezone the site for a small business-park style building that would include office and garage bays.
Development Services planner Samantha Benavides presented staff analysis, saying staff found the proposed community commercial designation inconsistent with the surrounding lower-density residential and neighborhood mixed-use pattern and recommended denial. Benavides noted notices: 21 mailed, one in favor and four opposed within 200 feet; Mountain View Acres Neighborhood Coalition stated support.
Applicant representative Patrick Christiansen told commissioners the owner, Kevin Fletcher, operates an auto-tinting business and seeks space for similar small contractors and light industrial-support uses. Christiansen said the parcel fronts Rogers Road, a four-lane divided boulevard with existing commercial uses along that corridor, and that the applicant agreed to add a neighborhood association (NA) agreement and deed restrictions to limit certain high-intensity uses.
Michael Valdez, a nearby property owner, said he and his family planned to build a home on an adjacent lot and expressed concern about driveway access and the visual impact of seeing the back of a commercial building from his property.
Commissioners asked staff to clarify what uses and building sizes would be allowed under the existing neighborhood designation (C1/C1CD) versus the requested community commercial (C2CD). Staff explained C1 limits building size to 5,000 square feet and generally permits lower-intensity commercial uses; C2/C2CD allows larger buildings and a broader set of commercial activities. Christiansen said the applicant needs C2 to construct a roughly 7,000-square-foot flex building with garage bays.
Commissioner Siegel moved to approve the applicant's plan amendment; Commissioner Prophet seconded. The motion passed on a roll call vote.
The applicant indicated it will record deed restrictions and coordinate with the neighborhood before the zoning hearing at city council. Staff warned that private deed restrictions are not enforced by the city, but council commonly requires those restrictions to be recorded before approving zoning.
Votes at a glance: plan amendment from neighborhood mixed use to community commercial for the 5,000 block of Rogers Road — mover: Commissioner Siegel; second: Commissioner Prophet; outcome: approved.
