PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing regarding the property located at 1001 S. Washington (Tartan Highlands Subdivision) - PZC 19-1-049. (Item 1 of 3)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Scott Williams, AICP
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for PZC 19-1-049 was published in the Daily Herald on July 1, 2019.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is located at 1001 S. Washington Street at the southeast corner of Sycamore Drive and S. Washington Street. The property is bordered by Washington Street to the north, Gartner Road and an abutting vacant site on the hard corner to the east, Catalpa Lane to the south, and Sycamore Drive to the west. The property is currently zoned OCI (Office, Commercial, Institutional District) and is approximately 3.5 acres in size. The petitioner has demolished the prior 2-story PNC bank and is proposing to redevelop the property with a mixed-use office and retail development and reconfigured parking lot. To do so, the petitioner requests approval of: a plat of subdivision to re-subdivide the property; a rezoning from OCI (Office Commercial and Institutional District to B1 (Neighborhood Convenience Shopping Center District); and several zoning variances, as further described below.
The East Sector Update (1998) identifies the future land use of the property as "Office/Research & Development." Given that the future land use of the adjacent property located at the southwest corner of Gartner and Washington Street (former gas station) is "Commercial", staff believes that the subject property's future land use designation of "Office/Research & Development" is largely reflective of the property's prior improvement as a bank. As a result, while the proposed retail component of the multi-use development deviates from this designation, it does remain generally complimentary with the character of the area and f...
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