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Rezoning Petition: 2017-076 by Laurel Street Residential, LLC
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Location: Approximately 14.56 acres located on the south side of West Tyvola Road across from City Park Drive and Speer Boulevard. (Council District 3 - Mayfield)
Current Zoning: MUDD-O (mixed use development, optional) and R-4 (single family residential)
Proposed Zoning: UR-2 (CD) (urban residential, conditional)
Zoning Committee Recommendation:
The Zoning Committee voted 5-0 to recommend APPROVAL of this petition.
Staff Recommendation:
Staff agrees with the recommendation of the Zoning Committee.
Statement of Consistency:
* The Zoning Committee found this petition to be consistent with the Southwest District Plan, based on information from the staff analysis and the public hearing, and because:
* The petition is consistent with the residential/office/retail land use adopted for this site, per the Southwest District Plan as amended by rezoning petition 2007-082.
* Therefore, this petition was found to be reasonable and in the public interest, based on information from the staff analysis and the public hearing, and because:
* The subject site is located on a vacant parcel that is surrounded by a mix of industrial, institutional, office, and residential uses and undeveloped and vacant acreage. The site abuts the Renaissance Golf Course; and
* The proposed multi-family use is consistent with the adopted land use for the site as amended by rezoning petition 2007-082, which updated the Southwest District Plan recommendation to allow residential, office and/or retail development; and
* Multi-family development on this site is consistent with the existing residential development that has occurred recently as part of the City Park development and will add more housing options, especially for employees in the Coliseum area which is predominately office and light industrial; and
* Multi-family and elderly housing on this site would also complement the adjacent County golf course...
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