19-S-27 Garden Ridge Commercial PDD Zone Change at 17975 IH-35ORDINANCE NO. 19-S-27
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP BY REZONING APPROXIMATELY 27
ACRES OF LAND FROM GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (GB) AND
MANUFACTURING LIGHT DISTRICT (M -1) TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
DISTRICT (PDD), LOCATED AT 17975 I11-35, CITY OF SCHERTZ, GUADALUPE
COUNTY, TEXAS.
WHEREAS, an application to rezone approximately 27 acres of land located at 17975 IH -35, and
more specifically described in the Exhibit A and Exhibit B attached herein (herein, the "Property ")
has been filed with the City; and
WHEREAS, the City's Unified Development Code Section 21.5.4.D. provides for certain criteria
to be considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission in making recommendations to City
Council and by City Council in considering final action on a requested zone change (the
"Criteria "); and
WHEREAS, on September 11, 2019, the Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a public
hearing and, after considering the Criteria, made a recommendation to City Council to approve the
requested rezoning; and
WHEREAS, on October 22, 2019, the City Council conducted a public hearing and after
considering the Criteria and recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission,
determined that the requested zoning be approved as provided for herein.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS:
THAT:
Section 1. The Property as shown and more particularly described in the attached Exhibit
A and Exhibit B, is hereby zoned Planned Development District (PDD).
Section 2. The Official Zoning Map of the City of Schertz, described and referred to in
Article 2 of the Unified Development Code, shall be revised to reflect the above amendment.
Section 3. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true, and
such recitals are hereby made a part of this Ordinance for all purposes and are adopted as a part of
the judgment and findings of the Council.
Section 4. All ordinances and codes, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent
with any provision of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the
provisions of this Ordinance shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of
the State of Texas and the United States of America.
Section 6. If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance and the application of
such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City hereby
declares that this Ordinance would have been enacted without such invalid provision.
Section 7. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which this
Ordinance is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject matter
of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Ordinance, was given, all
as required by Chapter 551, as amended, Texas Government Code.
Section 8. This Ordinance shall be effective upon the date of final adoption hereof and any
publication required by law.
Section 9. This Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City of
Schertz, and this Ordinance shall not operate to repeal or affect any other ordinances of the City
of Schertz except insofar as the provisions thereof might be inconsistent or in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance, in which event such conflicting provisions, if any, are hereby
repealed.
Approved on first reading the 22nd day of October, 2019-
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on final rea� 12th day of November, 2019,
Carpenter, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Breri a Dennis, City Secretary
D•A•MAwYER,
LAND SURVEYING
METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION
FOR A
27.037 ACRE TRACT OF LAND
Being a 27.037 acre tract of land and the remaining portion of a 30.893 acre tract of land situated in the John
Saladin Survey 404, Abstract No. 299, in the City of Schertz, Guadalupe County, Texas, as described in
Volume 1467, Page 695 of the Official Public Records of Guadalupe County, Texas and said 27.037 acre tract
of land being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a "MAGI nail found in the Northwesterly right -of -way line of Interstate Highway 35, being the
Southeasterly comer of Lot 1, Block 1, Discount Tire-TXS 11363 Subdivision as recorded in Volume 19, Page
150 of the Official Public Records of Guadalupe County, Texas -
THENCE with the boundary lines of said Discount Tire Subdivision, and across and through said 30.893 acre
tract of land, the following calls:
N 270 30' 26" W a distance of 304.19 feet to a "MAG " nail found for comer;
S 62° 29' 34" W a distance of 143.50 feet to a "MAG " nail found for Northwesterly corner of said
Discount Tire -TXC 11363 Subdivision;
THENCE departing said Discount Tire Subdivision, and across and through said 30.893 acre tract of land, the
following calls:
N 27° 30' 26" W, a distance of 350.50 feet to a point for a corner;
S 610 20' 14" W, a distance of 2.29 feet to a point for the most Easterly comer of Time Trail, (Called
Four Oaks Lane per Street signs) a dedicated R.O.W. as shown on Wal -Mart Supercenter Subdivision
#3391 -00 as recorded in Volume 6, Page 677 -679 of the Map and Plat Records of Guadalupe County;
THENCE with said Four Oaks Lane:
N 270 34' 28" W a distance of 60.01 feet to a'' /2" iron pin with cap stamped "DAM #5348 PROP. COR."
set for the Northeasterly comer of said Four Oaks Lane;
S 610 20' 14" W a distance of 148.20 feet to a %2" iron pin with cap stamped "MOY SURVEY" found
for the Southeasterly corner of a 9.386 acre tract of land as described in Volume 878, Page 893 of the Official
Public Records of Guadalupe County, Texas, and being a Westerly corner of this herein described 27.037 acre
tract of land;
THENCE departing the Northwesterly right -of -way line of said Four Oaks Lane, and with the Northeasterly line
of said 9.386 acre tract of land, N 270 32' 52" W a distance of 566.91 feet to a %2" iron pin with cap stamped
"MOY SURVEY" found for the Northeasterly comer of said 9.386 acre tract of land, and being in the
Southeasterly line of a 28.928 acre tract of land as recorded in Volume 1810, Page 362 of the Official Public
Records of Guadalupe County, Texas, and being the most Westerly comer of this herein described 27.037 acre
tract of land;
THENCE departing the Northeasterly comer of said 9.386 acre tract of land, and with the Southeasterly line of
said 28.928 acre tract of land, N 59° 29' 57" E, at 824.73 feet passing the Southeasterly comer of said 28.928
acres of land, and continuing with a Southeasterly line of San Antonio Shoe Subdivision as recorded in Volume
4, Page 312 of the Map and Plat Records of Guadalupe County, Texas, and continuing a total distance of
1088.61 feet to a %a" iron pin found for an interior corner of said San Antonio Shoe Subdivision, the most
Northerly corner of this herein described 27.037 acre tract of land;
THENCE departing said interior comer, and with a Southwesterly line of said San Antonio Shoe Subdivision,
S 300 27' 21" E a distance of 1016.93 feet to a % :" iron pin found in the Northwesterly right -of -way line of
Interstate Highway 35, the most Southerly comer of said San Antonio Shoe Subdivision, and the Southeasterly
corner of this herein described 27.037 acre tract of land;
THENCE departing said San Antonio Shoe Subdivision and with the Northwesterly right -of -way line of
Interstate Highway 35, S 410 45' 40" W a distance of 903.50 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and
containing this herein described 27.037 acre tract of land.
"This document was prepared under 22 TAC §663.21, does not reflect the results of an on the ground survey, and is not to
be used to conveyor establish interests in real property except those rights and interests implied or established by the
creation or reconfiguration of the boundary of the political subdivision for which it was prepared."
Bearings based on the Texas State Plane Coordinate System, Texas South Central Zone (4204), MAD 1983.
Drew A. awyer
Registered Professional L Su yor No. 5348
TBPLS Firm Registration #10191500
5151 W. State Highway, New Braunfels, TX 78132
BRD143— Garden Ridge- 29.779 ZONING AC M&B
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DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR GARDEN RIDGE COMMERCIAL
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I. General
A. Introduction
II. Zoning Districts (Article 5)
A. Permitted Land Uses (Section 21.5.8)
III. Site Design Standards (Article 9)
A. Landscaping (Section 21.9.7)
IV. Amendments to the Planned Development District
V. Appendices and Attachments
A. Conceptual Site Plan of PDD
GARDEN RIDGE COMMERCIAL
I. General
A. Introduction
This property will develop in accordance with the provisions of the City of
Schertz Unified Development Code (UDC) as amended. This property will
develop in accordance with the base zoning districts of General Business (GB)
District and Manufacturing Light (M -1) District, with the following modifications
to the UDC relating to permitted land uses and landscaping:
II. Zoning Districts (Article 5)
A. Permitted Land Uses (Section 21.5.8)
Permitted Use Table. In addition to the permitted uses listed in UDC Table 21.5.8.
Permitted Uses as amended, the Office - Warehouse /Distribution Center and
Storage /Wholesale Warehouse land uses shall be permitted in areas with a base
zoning of General Business (GB) District.
III. Site Design Standards (Article 9)
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Landscaping (Section 21.9.7)
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The City's ordinances and standards applicable to the uses on the
commercial and industrial lots of the PDD will apply with the
following amendments /variances to the sub - sections of the UDC as
amended:
Section 21.9.7(E)(2) — Landscape Installation Required. All properties
shall provide trees at a ratio of nine (9) trees at 4 inch caliper size
per acre (43,560 square feet) of gross lot area.
Section 21.9.7(H)(1)(c) — Parking Area Landscaping — Interior
Landscaping. Interior Areas of parking lots shall contain planting
islands located so as to best relieve the expanse of paving. Planter
islands must be located no further apart than every twelve (12)
parking spaces and at the terminus of all rows of parking. Such
island shall be a minimum of 200 square feet or ten feet (10') by
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twenty feet (20') in size. Each planter island shall contain a
minimum of one shade tree at 4 caliper inch size and five shrubs at
3 gallon size.
Section 21.9.7(H)(2) — Parking Area Landscaping — Perimeter
Landscaping. All parking lots and vehicular use areas shall be
screened from all abutting properties with a wall, fence, hedge,
berm or other durable landscape barrier. All parking lots and
vehicular use areas shall be screened from all abutting public rights -
of -way with a wall, berm or combination of hedge and berm. Any
living barrier shall be established in a minimum five foot (5')
planting strip. Plants and materials used in living barriers shall be at
least thirty inches (30 ") high at the time of planting and shall be of a
type and species that will attain a minimum height of three feet (3')
one (1) year after planting. Any landscape barrier not containing live
plants or trees shall be a minimum of three feet (3') high at time of
installation. Perimeter landscaping shall be designed to screen off -
street parking lots and other vehicular use areas from public rights -
of -way and adjacent residential properties.
Section 21.9.7(H)(2)(a) — Parking Area Landscaping — Perimeter
Landscaping. Whenever an off - street parking or vehicular use area
abuts a public right -of -way, except a public alley, a perimeter
landscape area of at least fifteen feet (15') in depth shall be
maintained between the abutting right -of -way and the off - street
parking or vehicular area. These perimeter landscape areas shall
contain at least one (1) shade tree at 4 caliper inch size for each fifty
linear feet (50'), or fraction thereof, of perimeter area.
Section 21.14.3(C) — Additional Design Requirements — Landscape
Buffer. A minimum twenty foot (20') wide landscape buffer shall be
provided adjacent to any public right -of -way classified as a Principal
Arterial or Secondary Arterial in accordance with Sec. 21.14.1. Trees
shall be planted at an average density of one (1) tree per forty
linear feet (40') of street frontage at 4 inch caliper size, except for
public schools. The landscape buffer shall require an irrigation
system and shall be maintained by the property owner. The
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landscape buffer and trees shall be installed prior to the issuance of
any building permits on the subject property
IV. Amendments to the Planned Development District
Any significant changes from the established standards for the approved PDD, or
changes that alter the concept of the PDD will cause the plan to be resubmitted for
approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council, including a new
public hearing with applicable fees. Minor changes which do not change the concept or
intent of the development shall be approved or denied administratively. Adjustments to
site design elements including but not limited to, parking, building location, stormwater
detention, landscaping, will be considered a minor change.
V. Appendices and Attachments
A. Conceptual Site Plan attached as Appendix A
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