P&Z holds off on Crunch Fitness decision

P&Z holds off on Crunch Fitness decision

The city’s Planning & Zoning Commission Monday tabled a request for changes to a healthcare provider’s design footprint including a driveway until more information is available, officials said.

The matter involving property owner Christus Santa Rosa Health Care Corp. is expected to surface again at the commission’s August meeting.

The developer is asking the city to waive its lot-frontage requirement on a four-lot tract off Christus Parkway near South Main Street.

The nearly 8-acre property will feature four buildings including Crunch Fitness.

Chapter 6 of the city’s Unified Development Code requires that “all lots shall have frontage on a public right of way,” but under the proposal, only three of the four parcels would have frontage in that manner, via Christus Parkway.

The property — south of Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union on South Main, and north and west of All American Car Wash on South Main — will feature two entrances: a main entrance off Christus Parkway and a secondary drive off South Main, a “right-in, rightout only” drive just past the RBFCU entrance.

When the secondary drive was approved in 2017 by the Texas Department of Transportation, officials only specified the roadway be placed as far from the Christus Parkway entrance as possible.

The proposed site plan shows the South Main entry being at the property’s northernmost corner.

P&Z members wanted more distances and measurements than presented at the July 6 meeting.

Boerne Assistant Planning Director Franci Linder told commissioners developers have been cooperative as far as placing the drive on the Main Street tie-in.

“I believe the layout of the lot was so important to them, that they wanted to ensure it could be approved before they move forward with any formalized plans,” Linder said.

Commissioner Bob Cates made the motion to table the request for a variance.

“The reason for my motion is we have too many unanswered questions,” Cates said. “If there’s an easement existing someone should know where it is ... someone should know how far it is from driveway to driveway ... and how far down to Christus Parkway. None of those questions can be answered tonight.”

Ben Simmons, with the city planning department, opened the meeting by saying if the commission approved the variance request, staff suggested the applicant obtain a formal driveway permit from TxDOT for its proposed access onto Main Street.

The South Main entry point will be a driveway culvert going over the ditch, similar to other properties along Main.