Title
Ordinance Amending the Future Land Use Map of the Greensboro Connections 2025 Future Land Use Plan for Property at 1080-Z and 1114 NC Highway 68 North
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Department: Planning
Council District: 5
Public Hearing: Yes
Advertising Date/By: October 4th and October 11th/City Clerk
Contact 1 and Phone: Sue Schwartz, FAICP, 336-373-2149
Contact 2 and Phone: Jeff Sovich, AICP, 336-433-7264
PURPOSE:
To conduct a public hearing and consider an amendment to the Generalized Future Land Use Map of Connections 2025, Greensboro's Comprehensive Plan for property located at 1080-Z and 1114 NC Highway 68 North.
BACKGROUND:
A request has been made for an annexation and original zoning for property at 1080-Z and 1114 NC Highway 68 North. The requested zoning is not consistent with the current Interim Corporate/Business Park future land-use category. The requested zoning requires an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan's Generalized Future Land Use Map (GFLUM) to be approved.
The current and proposed land uses are:
Current:
Interim Corporate/Business Park: Areas that predominantly consist of office, flex office, technology research and development, light manufacturing, distribution and other similar uses on larger sites, with much of it, in a planned business park setting that emphasizes natural characteristics and landscaping. The area may also contain supportive uses such as retail, hotel, restaurant, and residential development which customarily locate within planned employment centers. The supportive uses should make up less than half of the total area of the development. Developments should be designed to promote compatibility with adjacent uses.
Proposed:
Mixed Use Commercial: This designation is intended to promote a mix of uses, of which various commercial uses remain predominant, but where residential, service, and other uses are complementary. Where applied to older highway corridors characterized by "strip" commercial uses, the intent is to encourage inf...
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