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Planning Commission approves rezoning at 2435 Frio City Road over staff recommendation
Summary
Despite staff recommendation to deny, the Planning Commission voted to amend the Port San Antonio Regional Center Plan and allow rezoning of 2435 Frio City Road to urban low-density residential to permit a family home.
The San Antonio Planning Commission on Feb. 26 approved a plan amendment to change the land-use designation at 2435 Frio City Road from community commercial to urban low-density residential and signaled support for rezoning to R4 (Residential Single-Family District).
Planner Samantha Benavides told commissioners the applicant's request sought the amendment to allow single-family development; staff recommended denial because the parcel is located on a commercial corridor and the surrounding industrial and commercial uses make the requested residential designation inconsistent with adjacent land uses. Benavides said the city mailed 18 notices, with one in favor and none opposed within 200 feet; the Thompson Neighborhood Association did not respond.
Applicant Mark Alonso told the commission he sought the change so his father could build a house for the applicant's sister as the father ages. "My dad wanted to build a house for my sister, given that he's getting older," Alonso said, adding the family has lived there about 35 years.
Commissioners questioned Alonso about traffic and site conditions; he described Frio City Road as a dead-end with little traffic and said the family has lived at the address since the early 1990s. Some commissioners noted the human circumstances while acknowledging staff's land-use analysis. Commissioner Proffitt moved to approve the applicant's request; the motion carried on a roll-call vote.
The action amends the Port San Antonio Regional Center Plan land-use designation for the subject property to urban low-density residential and supports rezoning to R4 to allow a single-family dwelling. The transcript records no conditions attached to the approval; staff had warned that the location along a commercial corridor made the request inconsistent with surrounding uses.
Because the decision departs from staff's recommendation, the item may be subject to further review at later municipal hearings (such as City Council), but no follow-up deadlines or appeals were recorded in the transcript.
