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Ordinance Rezoning Property Located at 200 West Cornwallis Drive
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Department: Planning
Council District: District 3
Public Hearing: November 15, 2016
Advertising Date/By: November 3 and 10, 2016/City Clerk
Contact 1 and Phone: Mike Kirkman 373-4649
Contact 2 and Phone: Sue Schwartz 373-2149
PURPOSE:
Joseph Turk is requesting rezoning from R-3 (Residential Single Family) to CD-RM-8 (Conditional District Residential Multifamily) for property located at 200 West Cornwallis Drive, generally described as north of West Cornwallis Drive and west of North Elm Street.
Because this request was associated with an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan and the vote to approve the request was not unanimous, the City Council will conduct a public hearing to consider and take action on this request at its November 15, 2016 meeting.
BACKGROUND:
Following a public hearing on October 17, 2016, the Zoning Commission voted 7-1 to approve this request. One person spoke in favor of the request and four in opposition to the request. (See minutes of the October 17, 2016 Zoning Commission meeting). Since this request was tied to an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan's Generalized Future Land Use Map and the Zoning Commission's decision was not unanimous, the item automatically moved to City Council for their review and action following a public hearing.
This rezoning request includes the following conditions:
1. Uses limited to a maximum of 6 residential dwelling units.
2. No building shall be constructed within 50 feet of West Cornwallis Drive and within 75 feet of the northern property line of the subject property
This request addresses the following MAP Goals:
MAP Goal 2 - Maintain infrastructure and provide sustainable growth opportunities
BUDGET IMPACT:
This item will have no budget impact.
RECOMMENDATION / ACTION REQUESTED:
The Zoning Commission voted 7-1 to approve this request.
Planning recommends approval of the request based on:
- Reques...
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