Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from "C2" - Local Commercial District to "PD" - Planned Development District, Generally to Modify the Development Standards and to Allow Multi-Family Uses, Located on the Southeast Corner of Hardin Boulevard and Virginia Parkway
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
(1C: Provide a strong city economy by facilitating a balance between industrial, commercial, residential and open space)
MEETING DATE: January 12, 2021
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Kaitlin Gibbon, Planner I
Jennifer Arnold, AICP, Director of Planning
APPROVAL PROCESS: The recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission will be forwarded to the City Council for final action at the February 2, 2021 meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends denial of the proposed rezoning request due to concerns regarding the multi-family use in this location.
However, if the applicant's request is approved, the following special ordinance provisions shall apply:
1. The subject property shall be zoned "PD" - Planned Development District and shall be subject to the following special ordinance provision:
a. The subject property shall develop in accordance with the attached development regulations.
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: December 8, 2020 (Original Application)
January 4, 2021 (Revised Submittal)
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is requesting to rezone approximately 12.64 acres of land, generally for multi-family uses and to modify the development standards. More specifically, the proposed rezoning request modifies the height, setbacks, and parking requirements for multi-family residential uses.
A similar request was brought before the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council in 2020 and was ultimately withdrawn by the applicant (case number 2020-0006Z). This new request includes many of the same features of the previou...
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