Agenda Item: 11(B)
Prepared By: Mary P. Holden, Planning Manager
Business: Ordinance - First Reading
Department: Community Affairs - Growth Management
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Ordinance - First 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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BACKGROUND:
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.
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 error, density, and similar topics. The public comments primarily concerned issues related density that could result from potential development. The Planning Board, after discussion, added an additional element to the criteria for the conditional use approval, that any mixed use projects in this overlay district would not be eligible for parking credits. The Planning Board voted 5-1 to forward a recommendation of approval based on the below findings and the added criteria that projects in this overlay district would not eligible for parking credits:
1. The justification for approval of the amendment is based on the ...
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