Meeting Date: June 15, 2023
To: Members of the Planning Commission
From: Mikayla Schmidt, City Planner
Title
Consideration of a Zoning Map Amendment for 1000 Division Street South.
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Action Requested:
The Planning Commission recommends approval of the zoning map amendment, to the City Council, to add Neighborhood Center Floating District to 1000 Division Street South.
Summary Report:
RHS 1000, LLC has applied for a zoning map amendment for 1000 Division Street South. The application is to add Neighborhood Center Floating District (NC-F) to the property.
The NC-F district, is a Floating district, which acts as an overlay to an existing zoning district. R1-B: Residential 1 is the base zoning district. The NC-F district would allow an additional layer of permitted uses and regulations for those uses. NC-F districts can only be applied to properties located at the intersection of two street types with a functional classification of collector and/or arterial. The Land Development Code (LDC) was recently updated to include 4-8 residential units in the NC-F in March of this year. Below is the code language that was approved which defines the district. The ordinance approving the changes made have been attached to the staff report.
2.6.1 Neighborhood Center Floating District (NC-F).
(A) Purpose.
(1) The NC-F district should generally apply in areas designated as "Neighborhood Central" and "Neighborhood General 1" on the framework map of the comprehensive plan.
(2) The purpose of the NC-F district is to promote and enhance the vitality of existing neighborhoods by providing for the opportunity to develop nonresidential, multi-family (up to eight units) or mixed-uses in existing neighborhoods where the principal building is designed to be consistent with the size, scale, and massing of the surrounding residential uses. Additionally, the uses should be of an intensity that will create minimal traffic and noise impacts on the surrounding neighborhood.
(B) De...
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