HomeMy WebLinkAboutstaff reportJanuary 8, 1998
ITEM NO.: 6
NAME: Land Use Plan Amendment - Geyer
Springs East
LOCATION: 8300 Block Scott Hamilton Road
REQUEST: Low Density Residential to Light
Industrial
SOURCE: Norman Matuszyk
STAFF REPORT:
The request is to change the Land Use Plan from Low Density
Residential to Light Industrial. Originally submitted for a
rezoning, the request was in conflict with the Land Use Plan and
determined to be a major amendment.
The most recent plan amendment close to this site was in 1995,
changing Mixed Residential to Public Institutional and Single
Family; and Commercial to Mixed Office Commercial, at the
northeast corner of Scott Hamilton and Baseline Road.
The site, currently zoned R-2, is a vacant field. Surrounding
this property there are Industrial uses to the north (zoned I-2),
single family homes to the rear and mobile homes to the south (R-
2), and across Scott Hamilton Road is a Liquor Store, bar, AAA
Truck Lift, a single family home and an apartment complex.
Although the site is currently shown on the Plan as Low Density
Residential, it is unlikely that residential development would
occur along Scott Hamilton, a minor arterial. As there has been a
loss of commercial enterprises further south on Scott Hamilton,
new economic investment is welcomed. However, the close
proximity of single family dwellings facilitates the need for
site plan review for this development.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Planning Staff recommends approval of the Land Use Plan Amendment
from Low Density Residential to Light Industrial with a PZD
required.