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Commission continues proposal for mixed uses at 1837 Santa Monica to April 1 after divided vote
Summary
A heavily discussed application to rezone 1837 Santa Monica to neighborhood commercial with conditional uses including a rooming house and bed-and-breakfast was continued two weeks after an initial denial motion failed on a tie vote.
The City of San Antonio Zoning Commission continued a contentious rezoning application for 1837 Santa Monica to its April 1 meeting after an initial motion to deny the request failed on a tie vote.
Staff recommended denial, saying the site and surrounding development pattern are primarily single-family residential and that the neighborhood-commercial designation with rooming-house and bed-and-breakfast potential would risk commercial encroachment. The Planning Commission had recommended approval. Applicant Nathan Moore said he proposes a neighborhood commercial conditional district (NCCD) tailored to allow a rooming house and possibly, in future, a bed-and-breakfast; he described plans for a 15-foot landscape buffer, depressed parking beneath a small building and three to five residential units intended primarily for long-term rentals.
During the hearing commissioners questioned parking, setbacks, the small lot size, how the depressed parking would work, and whether short-term rentals would be permitted under a rooming-house allowance. Staff noted concerns about parking circulation and the property’s limited spatial capacity and suggested an alternate approval to retain R6CD with a conditional use for a rooming house.
Commissioner Daniel Kellum moved to deny the request; Commissioner Huey seconded. The roll-call vote on the denial recorded yes votes from Commissioners Kellum, Huey, Taylor Watson and Eddie Reyes and no votes from Commissioners Oswald Ortiz, John Whitsett, Commissioner Woodson and Chair John Bustamante, producing a tie and causing the denial motion to fail. Commissioner Oswald Ortiz then moved for a two-week continuance to the April 1 hearing to allow the applicant to revise plans and do additional neighborhood outreach; Commissioner Janelle Chase seconded. The continuance passed on roll call and the applicant was advised to provide clearer site plans, prepare printed plans for commissioners and block-walk and consult neighbors within 200 feet.
The applicant said he would consider scaling back the proposal, prepare clearer drawings and align the application with the city’s Strategic Housing Implementation Plan as appropriate. The commission did not reach a final decision on the rezoning; the case is scheduled for further consideration at the April 1 meeting.
