CITY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM

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Department:

Planning and Development Services

Commission Meeting Date:  December 6, 2016

Staff Contact:

Sandy Day, Planner II

Recommendations/Options/Action Requested:

 

Adopt on second and final reading Ordinance Nos. 9300 (CPA-16-00309) and 9301 (Z-16-00310).

 

Executive Summary:

This memo provides options for the City Commission to consider with regard to a communication received by Kyle Thompson, Chair of the Oread Residents Association, wherein the Association takes issue with the way that two sections of the Land Development Code pertaining to parking were interpreted for the HERE parking lot rezoning application.

 

At their November 1, 2016 meeting, the City Commission received the Association’s letter and a Staff memo outlining the issues.  The Commission discussed the matter and deferred the second reading of Ordinance Nos. 9300 and 9301 related to this project, CPA-16-00309 and Z-16-00310, to the November 15 regular meeting.  During discussion at that meeting, consensus seemed to be building to support the Association’s request to rezone the project site to the RM12D-PD district for the reasons noted in their letter.  The memo attached below provides two options that Staff believes can be employed to permit the project to proceed under the Land Development Code.

 

Strategic Goal Area:

n/a

Fiscal Impact (Amount/Source):

n/a

Attachments:

Staff memo outlining process options

Staff memo of October 31, 2016

Ordinance No. 9300

Ordinance No. 9301

Planning Commission staff report for CPA-16-00309

Planning Commission staff report for Z-16-00310

Page Map

Planning Commission meeting minutes

 

Reviewed By:

(for CMO use only)

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