Title
Ordinance Amending Future Land Use Map of the Adopted Heath Communities Strategic Plan and Corresponding Portions of the Greensboro Connections 2025 Comprehensive Plan
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Department: Planning
Council District: District 1
Public Hearing: January 19, 2016
Advertising Date/By: January 7 and 14, 2016
Contact 1 and Phone: Hanna Cockburn at 574-3576
Contact 2 and Phone: Sue Schwartz at 373-2149
PURPOSE:
To hold a public hearing and vote on an amendment to the Heath Community Strategic Plan and the Generalized Future Land Use Map of Connections 2025, Greensboro's Comprehensive Plan for a property at 625 Franklin Boulevard.
BACKGROUND:
A request has been made to rezone property at 625 Franklin Boulevard to an office use that is not consistent with the current Low Residential future land use category. Because of this discrepancy the rezoning requires an amendment to the Heath Community Strategic Plan (the Plan) and the Comprehensive Plan's Generalized Future Land Use Map (GFLUM) to be approved.
The current and proposed land uses are as follows.
From:
Low Residential: This category includes the City's predominantly single-family neighborhoods as well as other compatible housing types that can be accommodated within this density range. Although there are some existing residential areas in the City developed on lots greater than 1/3 acre, future residential developments and "conventional" subdivisions should generally maintain a gross density of no less than three dwellings per acre, except where environmental constraints (e.g., the Watershed Critical Area) prevent such densities from being achieved. Compact developments that include clustered, small lots with substantial retained open space are encouraged.
To:
Mixed Use Residential: This designation applies to neighborhoods or districts where the predominant use is residential and where substantial, compatible local-serving nonresidential uses may be introduced. Such use mixes...
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