HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-3472-A Staff AnalysisDecember 15, 1981
ZONING
Item No. 18 - Z -3472-A
OWNER:
APPLICANT:
LOCATION:
REQUEST:
PURPOSE:
SIZE:
John McClellan
Robert C. Lowe
West Side of Natural Resources
Drive just South of the State
Complex
Rezone from "0-2" Office and
Institutional to 110-3" General
Office
Office Subdivision
3.29 Acres +
EXISTING USE: Vacant
SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING:
North - State Natural Resources Complex - Zoned "R-2"
South - Vacant - Zoned "MF -6"
East - Vacant - Zoned "0-2"
West - I-430
PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS:
No adverse comments have been received from any reviewing
agency regarding this request. Use is not at issue in this
application; rather, development type is the concern. 110-2"
zoning requires minimum lot sizes of two acres and
contemplates cohesive "office park -type" developments, and
the applicant intends to plat this property into about five
lots to be sold for separate development.
Staff is unconvinced that subdivision of this site is
warranted or will provide for the quality of development
which is desirable. Staff is requesting further information
from the applicant, and will be prepared to make a final
recommendation at the meeting.
COMMISSION ACTION:
The applicant was present, and there were no objectors. The
applicant showed the Planning Commission the proposed plat
for the property, indicating five lots with a 20,000
square -foot average. He explained the reasoning for wanting
to plat the property in this manner, stating that the site
was awkward to work with in that it was too large for a
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single building site and too small for a major office site.
He stated that in his view the "0-3" District perhaps was
in error in that it has a minimum lot size of 14,000 square
feet, and stated that he thought perhaps it should be
recommended that that square footage be increased to
approximately 20,000 square feet, thereby allowing better
development in the same kind of zoning situation.
After a brief discussion, the Commission moved to approve
the application as filed. The motion was passed: 9 ayes,
0 noes and 2 absent.