Burk Planned Development District at Royal Lane
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An application for a new planned development district for CR Community Retail District uses on property zoned CR Community Retail District and P(A) Parking District, on the south line of Royal Lane and the west line of Preston Road, north of Orchid Lane. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a development plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Leland Burk [RLA-PRDA Investments, LP]; JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. Representative: Victoria Morris / Jackson Walker LP Planner: Martin Bate / Liliana Garza Council District: 13 Z-26-000007
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Obtain owner consent records for bank-owned Royal Lane parcel
Why now: The application lists two applicants — Leland Burk of RLA-PRDA Investments, LP and JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. — represented by Victoria Morris and Suzan Kedron of Jackson Walker LLP, with staff recommending approval subject to a development plan and conditions.
What to do: Request the application file and staff's recommended conditions, and verify that JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A., listed as a co-applicant alongside RLA-PRDA Investments, LP, has authorized the requested district on the tract it owns. If ownership consent or the boundary between the two applicants' holdings is unclear in the record, raise it in writing before the commission votes rather than after.
Act before: After the City Plan Commission votes on the application
Check parking-lot tract's new buildable status at Royal and Preston
Why now: The application covers land zoned both CR Community Retail District and P(A) Parking District at the south line of Royal Lane and west line of Preston Road, and staff recommends approval subject to a development plan and conditions (Z-26-000007).
What to do: Pull the development plan and staff's recommended conditions filed for the August 6 hearing and confirm how the P(A) Parking District portion of the site is treated — whether it becomes buildable floor area or stays a surface parking obligation. That single determination drives the yield assumptions for any offer or joint venture on this corner.
Act before: After the City Plan Commission acts on the development plan
Ask why retail-use limit vanished from Royal Lane rezoning description
Why now: The June 25 item was announced as not heard during the briefing session as item 14, ID #26-2200A, with no reason recorded, and the August 6 caption drops the "for CR Community Retail District uses" phrase used in June.
What to do: Compare the June 25 and August 6 docket language: the earlier version described a planned development district "for CR Community Retail District uses," and that use limitation is absent from the August 6 description. Ask planner Martin Bate or Liliana Garza whether the applicant broadened the requested uses after the item was pulled, and why the Chair gave no stated reason for skipping it.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Review what could be built behind Orchid Lane homes
Why now: The site on the south line of Royal Lane and west line of Preston Road, north of Orchid Lane, is currently zoned CR Community Retail District and P(A) Parking District, and staff recommends approval subject to a development plan (Council District 13).
What to do: Ask the planner for the development plan sheet showing building height, setbacks and driveway locations along the south edge of the site, which sits north of Orchid Lane — a planned development district can allow taller or different structures than today's retail and parking zoning. Bring specific objections to the August 6 hearing, because conditions are far harder to change once the plan is adopted.
Act before: After the City Plan Commission hearing on the application
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An application for a new planned development district on property zoned CR Community Retail District and P(A) Parking District, on the south line of Royal Lane and the west line of Preston Road, north of Orchid Lane. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a development plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Leland Burk [RLA-PRDA Investments, LP]; JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. Representative: Victoria Morris, Suzan Kedron [Jackson Walker LLP] Planner: Martin Bate / Liliana Garza Council District: 13 Z-26-000007
An application for a new planned development district for CR Community Retail District uses on property zoned CR Community Retail District and P(A) Parking District, on the south line of Royal Lane and the west line of Preston Road, north of Orchid Lane. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a development plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Leland Burk [RLA-PRDA Investments, LP]; JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. Representative: Victoria Morris / Jackson Walker LP Planner: Martin Bate / Liliana Garza Council District: 13 Z-26-000007
Vote: 0 for, 0 against
agenda item would not be heard (announced by the Chair during briefing)
The Chair informed the body during the briefing session that Zoning Cases – Individual, #14, ID #26-2200A, Z-26-000007 would not be heard