City CouncilAugust 21, 2012

Amendment to Vision Map

• Vision Plan Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan

on the following property:

• 6411 Knickerbocker Road, located at the southwest

corner of Red Bluff Road and Knickerbocker Road, the

former power station property. The area occupies

approximately 200 acres out of the H.F. Gantz Survey

179, C. Damman Survey 180 AND C. A. Voigt Survey

181 in the southwest portion of San Angelo.

Intent and Background

• Go from “Industrial” to “Transitional Area”

• Background

• Annexed in June of 2011

• Former Power Plant area

• Currently zoned Ranch & Estate (R&E)

• Predominantly vacant property in the area

• Lake Nasworthy, residences, retail, and church nearby

Options

• City Council May:

• Approve this amendment to the Vision Plan;

• Deny this amendment to the Vision Plan.

Recommendation

• Planning Staff recommends Approving this Vision

Plan Amendment

• Planning Commission recommend Approving this

request 6-0 on July 16, 2012

Rationale

• Industrial development vs. Lake Nasworthy on a main

gateway to the community;

• 200 Acres of Commercial is not sustainable;

• Already vacant commercial property all along

Knickerbocker Road;

• Land use in the area is predominantly residential,

commercial is not a suitable buffer;

• Traffic concerns.

Rationale

• Too large for a Neighborhood Center;

• Lack of a key intersection;

• No future thoroughfares planned in the area;

• Scale and intensity of 200 acre site is not what

Neighborhood Centers are intended to provide.

• Principles of Neighborhood Centers should still be

incorporated into future design and development;

• Synergy between properties and uses;

• Reorganized and shared parking;

• Pedestrian friendly.

Rationale

• Transition Area:

• Designed to be buffers;

• Allow a multitude of zoning districts;

• Both residential and commercial zones could work

• Conversion of strip style development

• Goal of Transition Area is to revitalize aged

commercial corridors:

• Knickerbocker has been a corridor to town for decades;

• Infill projects for commercial and residential will fit into

Transition Area category.

Rationale

• Second goal of Transition Areas is to blend intensive

commercial areas into neighborhoods;

• Knickerbocker Road vs. residential development;

• Mixed use development compliments existing and

future development;

• Designed for more intense uses than “Neighborhood”

but less intense than “Neighborhood Center” and

“Commercial”;

Rationale

• Increases flexibility with changing market dynamics

• Allows for more appropriate uses like offices, live/work

and mixed use developments

• Increases compatibility with the future Lake Nasworthy

master plan