Austin Hwy ROW

1. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Presented by:
Nina Shealey
Director
CLOSE, VACATE, ABANDON &
SELL ELLWOOD ROW
ITEM # 4
MAY 28, 2019

2. REQUEST
 Megan Moshier, Studio8 Architects
 C. Trebes Sasser – Owner of 200 Austin Hwy
Request City close, vacate, abandon & sell
Ellwood ROW
 Northern side of Ellwood
 Approximately 3,826 square feet
 16 parking spaces to fulfill requirement of 90 spaces

3. SUMMARY & BACKGROUND
 200 Austin Hwy
 Zoned B-2
 100% Demo of existing Bank Drive-Thru
 4-Story Commercial
 Parking at grade level – 90 spaces
 3 stories leasable space
 Request approved by P&Z on April 1st
April 1st

4. PROPERTY

5. POLICY ANALYSIS
 Onsite Parking – 74 Spaces
 Section 3-84 – Special Parking Regulation
 Offices, retail and business uses: One (1) space for each three hundred
(300) square feet of gross floor area in the building
 102 Onsite parking spaces required
 Requested & received variance from BOA on May 1st to use NET
floor area requiring 90 onsite parking spaces
 Request City Council close, vacate, abandon & sell Ellwood ROW
 16 parking spaces to fulfill requirement of 90 spaces

6. POLICY ANALYSIS
 Sect. 16-105: Closure, vacation & abandonment
of ROW
(d)(3)Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation
needed
(e)Petitioner to provide fair market value of the ROW to
be abandoned
 Sect. 16-101: General Provisions
(g) Fair market value - independent professional
appraisal

7. FISCAL IMPACT
 City and Owner mutually agreed on
independent appraiser
 Stouffer & Associates
 Fair Market Value
 $29,840

8. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
 Postcards - mailed to property owners within
a 200-foot radius
 Notices posted - City website and on
property
 Responses received:
 Support: (4) Neutral: (0)
 Oppose: (0)