HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff ReportFebruary 4, 1999
ITEM NO.: 5A LU99-08-01
Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Central City District
Location: Between 13`h and 15`h Streets, State and Broadway
Request: Multifamily to Low Density Residential
Source: Downtown Neighborhoods Plan
PROPOSAL I REQUEST:
Land Use Plan amendment in the Central City District from
Multifamily to Low Density Residential. Low Density
Residential allows for a broad range of housing types
provided that the density is between six to ten dwellings
per acre.
RECENT AMENDMENTS:
Single Family to Mixed Use (August 18, 1998) in the area
along Commerce from 19`h to 21't Streets
Single Family to Mixed Use (May 21, 1996) in the area south
of Roosevelt Road from Cumberland to I-30
Single Family to Mixed Use (March 5, 1996) in the area west
of Bragg from 23rd to 24th Streets,
Single Family to Public Institutional (February 20, 1996) in
the area between Marshall and Battery from 13`h to 14`h
Streets
Single Family to Mixed Use (January 16, 1996) in the area
west of I-30 from 18`h to 19t" Streets
Single Family to Public Institutional (January 16, 1996)
around the 14`h Street and Park intersection
MASTER STREET PLAN:
All streets of classified or local except for 14`h Street,
which is designated a collector.
CURRENT ZONING AND ACREAGE:
The current zoning of the property is R-4, two resident or
M, Residential - Capitol Zoning.
STAFF REPORT:
As part of the Downtown Neighborhoods Plan effort, the
future land use plan was examined. The committee generally
felt comfortable with the recommended development pattern.
The major concern was how the area would develop. The
design, massing etc. is considered to be very important.
The Committee wishes to assure that any new development is
February 4, 1999
ITEM NO.: 5A (Cont.) LU99-08-01
designed and sited so as to complement and fit the existing
neighborhood. The Committee did have two land use concerns.
The first is that existing single family areas not be
converted to multifamily. (This does not mean that some
densification would be inappropriate.) Addition of
accessory residential units and some conversion is
considered appropriate. However, the conversion of a city
block from single family to high density multifamily is not
appropriate. The other land use concern is the desire to
allow residents to start businesses in their homes whether
home occupations or "cottage industry" types of use.
Flexibility and allowing maximum use of current and future
technology advances should be encouraged.
The existing zoning and use for the area in question is
appropriate for Low Density Residential. The use and zoning
pattern -is Single Family with some duplex use not more
traditional multifamily use -- apartments.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approval
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