Agenda Item: 11(A)1
Prepared By: Mary P. Holden, Planning Manager
Business: Ordinance - Second Reading
Department: Community Affairs - Growth Management
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Ordinance - Second Reading - Land Development Code Amendment (LDCA 24-000034) Request to Adopt a New Section to Provide for Authorization for Mixed-Use in Overlay District Two - A Subject to Conditional Use Approval - Mary P. Holden, Planning Manager, Community Affairs/Growth Management
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The request is to provide for a text amendment to Section 30-224(14) of the City's Land Development Code ("LDC") by adding a new sub-section III to allow for mixed use in "Overlay District Two-a," subject to conditional use approval. The application for the text amendment submitted by Oliverio Investment and Consulting Inc., and additional information are attached and provided in this Staff report.
CITY COUNCIL, JULY 22, 2024, SUMMARY AND VOTE:
This request was presented to the City Council for first reading at the July 22, 2024, meeting. Topics discussed at the first reading included removing the added criteria that projects in this overlay district are exempt from parking credits, density, building height, and compliance with the Comprehensive Plan. After public comment, the City Council voted 6-1 to approve 24-000034 with the removal of the added criteria exempting properties in this overlay district from claiming parking credits.
The revised ordinance, both a marked up and clean copy, are included for your review.
PLANNING BOARD SUMMARY AND RECEMMENDATION:
The Planning Board held a public hearing and considered this request at their June 7, 2024, meeting. After the request was presented by Staff and the applicant, the Planning Board discussed the applicability of the Live Local Act, what could be allowed in this overlay district, compliance with the Comprehensive Plan, whether the elimination of this overlay district to conditionally allow mixed use was a scrivener's e...
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