Agenda - Planning Commission - 07/12/2001

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CASE # REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM B-1 BUSINESS TO MR MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL; CASE OF BULOW INC. By: Megan Wald, Community Development Assistant Background: Chris Bulow has submitted an application to rezone property located at the comer of Riverdale Drive and Sunfish Lake Blvd. (County Rd. #57) from B-3 Highway Business to MR Multiple Residential. The rezoning would allow the property to be subdivided for eight townhome units (two 4~unit structures). The following items are enclosed for your information: a) Site Location Map b) General development plan c) Proposed Findings of Fact d) Proposed Ordinance Notification: State law requires that the City notify property owners within 350 feet of the subject property to be notified. Observations: The property is 23,800 square feet or .55 acres in size and is located within the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA). The Applicant is proposing to develop eight towhome units which results in a density of 14.64 units per acre. In order to achieve the proposed development and density the property would need to be rezoned to MR. The subject property is designated as commercial in the current Comprehensive Plan and in the March 2001 draft Comprehensive Plan shows this area as places, to shop (commercial). The Economic Development Authority and the consulting firm of Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. have been working on a Highway #10 Corridor Study for the past several months. In the draft Highway #10 Corridor Study the subject property has been designated for commercial uses. It is the intention of the Highway #10 Corridor Study to designate and maintain all properties north of Riverdale Drive for commercial uses. The Highway #10 Corridor Draft Plan more specifically suggests that the subject property might be best suited as a ponding area for the commercial strip north of Riverdale Drive.