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Commission approves new apartments
by Courtney Bacalso
Midland Reporter-Telegram
By Courtney Bacalso
Staff Writer
The city's Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday approved the first attempt to bring an apartment complex to ClayDesta Plaza.
In a unanimous vote, the commission changed the zoning of property located at the southeast corner of Veterans Airpark Lane and "A" Street from a planned office district to a multiple family dwelling district.
The Santa Rosa Development Co. proposes to build 210 units with garages, said Max Richardson, of West Co. of Midland Inc., who is representing the developers.
"On behalf of ClayDesta, we are in support of the project," Robert Rendall said. "We think this a good transition project for this property."
Commissioner John Boswell agreed. With the current projects proposed to be developed in the surrounding area, it would be convenient for residents who would live in the apartments.
Developers have begun erecting a building at the corner of Big Spring Street and Veterans Airpark which will serve as a shopping center, Rendall said.
A Western National Bank also is planned for the northwest corner of "A" Street and Wadley Avenue, officials said.
The property at ClayDesta, where developers have their sites set for an apartment complex, already has infrastructure set, Richardson said.
In the 1980s, developers intended to build a hospital on that particular lot. But the economy fell at that time, discontinuing the project, he added.
"It is a reasonable project," city planner Jim Compton said. "The sewage is in place and there is (adequate) traffic access."
Santa Rosa Development Co., the same company which is proposing Blue Ridge Apartments north of the Loop 250, will have to return to the commission with a site plan for the project to move forward, officials said.
No one spoke in opposition during the public hearing.
In other business, the commission approved a preliminary plat to turn a 2-acre country estate lot into two separate lots south of West Country Road 60.
The move taken by the commission took a step in the opposite direction of the city's driveway prohibition.
Since the annexation of the area, the city established a driveway prohibition that would prevent multiple driveways on this main artillery street.
However, there already exists several properties along the road where access already is limited to West Country Road 60, City planning manager Donna Cervantes said.
Residents who did speak at the public hearing were only concerned about the possibility of retail to be built on the property just east of Coyote Trail.
However, city officials assured them the current zoning is still for country estates, which are residential properties that are permitted to have livestock.
Boswell made the sole opposition vote.
"The road is already fairly busy and may have to get wider in the future," Boswell said. "I think it may be a hazard."
Staff Writer
The city's Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday approved the first attempt to bring an apartment complex to ClayDesta Plaza.
In a unanimous vote, the commission changed the zoning of property located at the southeast corner of Veterans Airpark Lane and "A" Street from a planned office district to a multiple family dwelling district.
The Santa Rosa Development Co. proposes to build 210 units with garages, said Max Richardson, of West Co. of Midland Inc., who is representing the developers.
"On behalf of ClayDesta, we are in support of the project," Robert Rendall said. "We think this a good transition project for this property."
Commissioner John Boswell agreed. With the current projects proposed to be developed in the surrounding area, it would be convenient for residents who would live in the apartments.
Developers have begun erecting a building at the corner of Big Spring Street and Veterans Airpark which will serve as a shopping center, Rendall said.
A Western National Bank also is planned for the northwest corner of "A" Street and Wadley Avenue, officials said.
The property at ClayDesta, where developers have their sites set for an apartment complex, already has infrastructure set, Richardson said.
In the 1980s, developers intended to build a hospital on that particular lot. But the economy fell at that time, discontinuing the project, he added.
"It is a reasonable project," city planner Jim Compton said. "The sewage is in place and there is (adequate) traffic access."
Santa Rosa Development Co., the same company which is proposing Blue Ridge Apartments north of the Loop 250, will have to return to the commission with a site plan for the project to move forward, officials said.
No one spoke in opposition during the public hearing.
In other business, the commission approved a preliminary plat to turn a 2-acre country estate lot into two separate lots south of West Country Road 60.
The move taken by the commission took a step in the opposite direction of the city's driveway prohibition.
Since the annexation of the area, the city established a driveway prohibition that would prevent multiple driveways on this main artillery street.
However, there already exists several properties along the road where access already is limited to West Country Road 60, City planning manager Donna Cervantes said.
Residents who did speak at the public hearing were only concerned about the possibility of retail to be built on the property just east of Coyote Trail.
However, city officials assured them the current zoning is still for country estates, which are residential properties that are permitted to have livestock.
Boswell made the sole opposition vote.
"The road is already fairly busy and may have to get wider in the future," Boswell said. "I think it may be a hazard."
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