Now there might be more opportunities to enjoy (near) SAC living...
An email is circulating about a zoning change for the lots near Courtland and McCollough...
you all might remember the old houses that were moved from there; well now the owner of those lots (and the two homes behind it) are requesting a zoning change.
Current zoning allows up to 33 units with retail (mixed-use) and 50 spaces of parking and the new requested zoning will allow up to 65 units with no specific requirement for parking.
The email states
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Pubiic Hearing on the Zoning Change Request: This meeting is set for Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at the City's Development and Business Services Center Board Room at 1 PM. . The case number is Z-2013030. At this point we do not know if the Case Officer will recommend approval or not. You can send an e-mail to the Case Officer (Mr.Timothy Malry) at timothy.mulry@sanantonio.gov. Be sure to include the Subject (Zoning Change Request) and the case number Z-2013030 and indicate that you are against the requested zoning change. You can indicate the concerns about density, lack of commercial space and parking issues. The e-mail must arrive by Tuesday Morning so that it can be presented to the Zoning Commission prior to the Public Meeting.
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so obviously the email is suggesting people oppose the zoning change... I say if you guys are for it... write an email.
Personally, I don't think that is too high of density; the lack of density through other parts of Tobin Hill make up for the extra people that will live in that stretch between Main/McCollough.
As for the lack of parking requirement? I say let the tenants figure it out. If they want to live in a place where they aren't guaranteed parking then they will decide if they want to live there or not. It might also encourage tenants to seek alternate methods of transit or the parking situation might not make a difference to potential tenants. Once densities start to go up in neighborhoods, parking becomes less of a "must-have". We are still a long ways away from that being the case, but the fact that two potential projects (Broadway Car-wash corner and this one) in which the developers are trying to ask for LESS parking is definitely a good sign of things to come.