Commission recommends rezoning of 0.2-acre Dunn Street lot to multifamily to join adjacent development

Kayla Dickinson, staff planner for the City of Bryan, presented a rezoning request for a roughly 0.2-acre parcel at 13405 Dunn Street to change the classification from RD-5 to a multifamily district so the owner could incorporate the lot into a proposed adjacent multifamily development. Dickinson said the parcel would provide a secondary point of access and could reduce traffic on East North Avenue. "Approving this multi family district rezoning would allow for property owners to integrate the subject property into the adjacent multi family proposed development," she said.

Dickinson noted the property is located in the Texas Avenue corridor in the future land use plan and that permitted multifamily uses would serve as a transition between the low-density neighborhood to the south and retail zoning to the north. Staff noted a 25-foot no-development buffer adjacent to residential uses that can be reduced to 15 feet and reported 18 mailed notifications with no responses.

Commissioners asked clarifying questions about the planned use (ingress/egress) and potential unit additions; Dickinson said the primary planned use was an additional access point though applicants had briefly mentioned adding units if space allowed. The chair opened the public hearing; no members of the public spoke. Commissioner (speaker 9) moved to recommend approval of RZ26-13 to the Bryan City Council and to adopt the staff report; the motion passed unanimously on a voice vote. The commission's recommendation will be forwarded to City Council for a final decision.