Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from "PD" - Planned Development District to "PD" - Planned Development District, Generally to Modify the Development Standards and to Allow Commercial Uses and a Telecommunication Tower, Located on the South Side of Virginia Parkway and on the East Side of Dogwood Trail
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: May 26, 2020
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 June 16, 2020 meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends denial of the proposed rezoning request due to concerns regarding the use of a telecommunications tower.
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: June 13, 2019 (Original Application)
August 23, 2019 (Revised Submittal)
January 13, 2020 (Revised Submittal)
May 11, 2020 (Revised Submittal)
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant requests to rezone approximately 5.3 acres of land, generally to allow for commercial uses and a telecommunications tower. As proposed, the telecommunications tower would be of a stealth, monopole design, and would be a maximum height of 95 feet with a 4-foot lighting rod.
EXISTING ZONING:
Location
Zoning District (Permitted Land Uses)
Existing Land Use
Subject Property
"PD" - Planned Dev...
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