CITY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM

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Department:

Planning and Development Services

Commission Meeting Date: May 16, 2017

Staff Contact:

Sandra Day, Planner

Recommendations/Options/Action Requested:

 

Approve request to rezone, Z-17-00079, approximately 25.4 acres from IBP (Industrial/Business Park) District to RS7 (Single-Dwelling Residential) District, located in the 1100 Block of Biltmore Dr. and Research Park Dr. An ordinance will be forwarded to the City Commission for adoption on first reading at a future meeting.

 

Executive Summary:

Proposed request is for a residential development that includes both detached homes on individual lots (single-dwelling residential) and duplex lots. This request is being considered concurrently with a comprehensive plan amendment to amend Chapter 7 of Horizon 2020 and a request to rezone approximately 10 acres to RM12D as a transition between the proposed RS7 and the remaining IBP District north of Legends Drive.

 

The property abuts developed IBP properties along the east side of Research Park Drive and along the south side of Legends Drive. The recommendation for approval includes the retention of approximately 5 acres on the northwest corner of Research Park Dive and Legends Drive. Both this request and the related request for RM12D zoning must therefore be reduced.

 

An ordinance has not been provided at this time to allow the applicant time to develop a specific response to the defined area to be retained IBP District. Once the area is identified then a legal description can be prepared and the final ordinance drafted for consideration by the City Commission.

 

Strategic Plan Critical Success Factor

n/a

Fiscal Impact (Amount/Source):

n/a

Attachments:

Planning Commission Staff Report

Concept Development Plans

Neighborhood Map

Total IBP Business Park Area

Communications

Planning Commission Minutes

Page Map

 

 

 

Reviewed By:

(for CMO use only)

TM

DS

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