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Planning commission recommends rezoning of 12.41-acre Viva Road site for multifamily development
Summary
The Bryan Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended that the City Council rezone a 12.41-acre property near Viva Road and North Harvey Mitchell Parkway from industrial to a multiple-family residential district to allow townhome or multifamily development. Staff noted floodplain concerns and said a flood study will be required before development.
Benjamin Johnson, project planner for the City of Bryan, told commissioners the subject property is 12.41 acres, currently zoned industrial, and the owners are requesting rezoning to the multiple-family residential (MF) district to accommodate a future townhome or multifamily development. "The property is 12.41 acres," Johnson said, and staff recommended approval of the rezoning as consistent with the Blueprint 2040 future land use plan.
Johnson cautioned that portions of the site are within FEMA-designated flood hazard zones and said, "Any development in that area is going to require a flood study to be done." He also summarized nearby zoning and noted that permitted uses in the MF district would act as a transition to more intense uses along Harvey Mitchell Parkway. Staff reported that 12 public notices were mailed and no comments were received.
Commissioners asked about buffer requirements between industrial and lower-intensity uses; a commissioner questioned whether the standard 100-foot buffer (often reducible) would render parts of the lot undevelopable given the floodplain. Johnson said a floodplain development permit and a flood study would be required and that building in the floodway would be "an expensive and strenuous process." A commissioner who said the area is not ideal for industrial use and pointed to the future land use plan supported the rezoning.
The chair opened the public hearing and, seeing no speakers, closed it. Commissioner (speaker 1) moved to recommend approval of case RZ26-12 to the Bryan City Council and to adopt the written staff report as the commission's findings; the motion passed unanimously on a voice vote. The commission's recommendation now goes to the Bryan City Council for final action. Exact vote counts were not specified in the transcript.
