started.
>> we have a quorum.
Actually we have more than a
quorum.
We'll get started and we will
begin our meeting with an
invocation expressions well
let's let's do uh let's do our
introductions of of those at
the dais first and we'll start
when we start with uh, council
member aquarius.
Thank you mayor.
Good evening everyone.
Uh, jd, I swear to rda is
probably representing east
charlotte district five.
Good evening everyone malcolm
graham district two.
Good evening, kimberly owens
representing district six.
Good evening everyone james
mitchell mayor pro tem.
Good evening rob harrington
mayor.
Good evening joy male
representing district three for
charlotte city council.
Good evening.
Thank you for your patience.
I'm victoria watlington and I
have the pleasure of serving
you as a member at large.
Good evening everyone.
Dimple ajmera at large.
Terry hagler gray senior
assistant city attorney billy
towns, deputy city clerk.
And we're going to wait just
one second because I know
council member driggs is doing
the invocation.
See?
Ya.
>> let me go.
I mean.
I they have.
These I set up.
Um.
I holderness.
anyway somebody play some
elevator music.
You know jeopardy.
!
Tonight right.
>> I but you just let him do
it.
He's coming.
I went swimming last week and
someone is.
Seems like really doesn't he
know everything?
Is funny?
Uh, he who's helping me push
me?
Where are you?
All right, we will begin our
meeting with an invocation.
Expressions of inspiration
followed by the pledge of
allegiance.
The invocation by the council
member is intended to
solemnized our proceedings.
We celebrate the religious
diversity of our community
including those without
religious, without a religious
faith.
Tonight COUNCILMAN Ed driggs
will give our invocation.
So not only am I late but.
>> I don't have a prepared
invocation.
So everybody bear with me.
Uh, heavenly father, bless the
city of charlotte, north
carolina, guide us in our
efforts to make this a place
that everyone can call home and
where they are proud to live.
Amen.
>> oh all right.
To stand for the pledge of
allegiance.
I would.
Just take the flag of a united
states of america and to the
republic for which it stands
one nation under GOD,
indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
Thank you.
The rezoning process begins
with application submitted to
the planning staff for review.
There are two types of cases on
the agenda.
Decisions and hearings.
Decisions or cases for which a
public hearing was previously
held.
No further comments for public
hearings.
Anyone wishing to speak is
asked to see the clerk before
the start of the hearing.
Staff will provide a press pay
presentation and the petitioner
will have three minutes
combined to present uh the case
the the petitioner will have
three minutes combined to
present the case unless there
are opponents signed up to
speak or staff is in opposition
.
If there are opponents signed
up to speak or staff is in
opposition, the petitioner will
have ten minutes to present
followed by opposition speakers
who also have ten minutes
combined to present and the
petitioner then has two minute
a two minute rebuttal if no one
is signed up to speak, staff
provides a short presentation
and the public hearing MAY then
be closed following public
hearings, petitions go to the
zoning committee of the
planning commission for review
and recommendation and I now
turn it over to uh zoning
committee chairperson wilton
who will introduce the zoning
committee members and note
their next meeting date.
uh thank you mayor.
Uh, and thank you council.
My name is douglas welton and I
am the CHAIRMAN Of the zoning
committee of the planning
commission.
Allow me to introduce the my
fellow members of the committee
include melissa gaston, will
russell, shawna neely, robin
stewart, carolyn millen and
andrew blumenthal.
The zoning committee will.
Meet on tuesday, SEPTEMBER 1st
at 5:30 P.M. At that meeting
the.
Zoning committee will, uh,
discuss and make
recommendations on the
petitions that have a public
hearing here tonight.
The public.
Is welcome to those meetings,
but please note it is not a
continuation of the public
hearing that is being held here
tonight prior to that meeting.
You are welcome to contact us
and provide your input.
Uh you can find contact
information and information on
each one.
>> of the petitions.
>> at.
The city's website at charlotte
planning.Org.
Thank you very much.
And back to you mayor.
Thank you.
Are there any deferrals or
withdrawals on the agenda?
Yes we.
Have several deferrals that
I'll review now.
I'm number nine petition 2020
5-0.
86 by.
Prince for development
requesting deferral of their
decision to SEPTEMBER 21st item
number 14 to JUNE 2024 143 by
panorama development requesting
deferral of their hearing due
at first I've number 15th JUNE
2020 6-0 14 by true homes
petition requesting deferral of
their hearing to SEPTEMBER 21st
I'm number 16 2020 6-0 27 by c
for investments crescent
southeast requesting deferral
of hearing to SEPTEMBER 21st
item number 19 petition 20 2634
by sam smart requesting
deferral of their public
hearing to SEPTEMBER 21st I'm
number 20 petition 2020 6-0 30
by olympia enright requesting
deferral of public hearing to
set SEPTEMBER 21st and item
number 23 petition 2026 008 by
club dev six requesting
deferral of their public
hearing to NOVEMBER 16th.
Thank you.
Is there a motion for the
deferral so moved their second.
All in favor raise your hand.
Any opposed?
Motion passes all right.
Rezoning petition items three
through eight of the consent
agenda MAY be considered in one
motion except for those items
pulled by a council member.
Please note that these
petitions meet the following
criteria to be on the consent
agenda.
Have no public opposition to
the petition at hearing staff
recommends approval.
Zoning committee recommends
approval and there were no
changes after the zoning
committee's recommendation.
Are there any consent items
council would like to pull for
question, comment or a separate
vote?
Council member mayfield.
item six for comment.
Thank you.
>> are there any other items on
the consent agenda that a
council member would like to
pull?
Move to approve the consent
agenda item six second.
All in favor raise your hand.
Any opposed okay.
The consent agenda items saved
for number six uh, have been
approved.
Each one of them that were in
the consent.
Okay.
>> and those items are item
number three petition 2025.
Uh dash 130 by maruti hotels
inc. Item number four petition
for 2020 2615 dash 15 by katy
trading llc.
Item five petition 20 2618 by
S.R. Moseley properties llc.
Item seven petition 2026 2020
by.
Turner.
>> terwilliger liquor poppers
and item seven uh petition 2026
dash 21 by hines.
I mean.
>> that moves us to item eight
I'm sorry that moves us to back
to item six.
Uh and we need to have a uh
vote on the petition separately
.
MAY I have a motion to approve
that petition?
So moved.
Second.
>> second.
Um.
And to adopt the zoning
committee's statement of
consistency for each of these
petition for that petition as
it appears in our agenda
council.
MAY appeal.
okay.
>> yep.
Okay.
Uh, council member mayfield.
Comments thank you mayor I
just.
Wanted to acknowledge that what
we're looking at there's 22.89
acres that's located north of
moorhead and west of seoul lane
that this is actually an
expansion because when we've
recently had conversations
regarding manufacturing and
logistics areas and the
switching of where we have
manufacturing versus where we
have in one but I do want to
acknowledge that this is an
expansion of a previously
approved project and also
acknowledge that the petitioner
has agreed in writing an
additional buffer area between
what would be or what currently
is the residential and where
this will be a this particular
development will start and I
believe it's like a 100 foot
buffer which is something that
they should be noted.
Any other questions or comments
on item six?
Council member MAY mayor.
For the buffer and maybe staff
can answer this.
Is this going.
>> to be an undisturbed tree
safe buffer?
So I'd have to follow class a
landscape yard requirements
which has specific planting
requirements.
So I'd have to go to article 20
and I can follow up with you
about specifically what those
planting requirements are.
But typically they're often
undisturbed.
But class a is the most
stringent of the planting
requirements that you have in
the ordinance for that 100 foot
landscape yard.
They also have class b
landscape yards along the other
boundaries of their property
along old holland and moorhead
road and they're providing a
berm along those landscape yard
exceeding ordinance
requirements.
I personally would like to know
that part before I have that
vote.
Um, oftentimes.
In neighborhoods we're having a
lot of people.
After they go back.
>> in clearcut and and they
plant trees.
He's going to take 20 or 30
years for them to be the size
that they would.
Be if we left it.
As an undisturbed um buffer um
or tree save.
So that would be just my
preference.
Um I understand that's more
strict with you know, adding
more trees but.
I'm just thinking.
Long term how are we we.
Being more.
Thoughtful and proactive um, in
anticipating some of the issues
that we know our residents are
going to have um, so that they
don't have to see manufacturing
right next to them.
I mean, this is an issue I'm
still going with we've still
barry acres where yes, they
have a buffer but because we
were not specific and
intentional of having it
undisturbed.
Um.
>> buffer those little.
trees aren't doing much nor is
that little fence so I'd much
rather we be proactive and do
this in the front end.
Okay any further council member
johnson.
Thank you sir.
>> I also wanted.
To um to.
Make sure that we.
Specify that.
>> data centers are prohibited.
We talked about.
>> that earlier.
If you want to just clarify
that please.
>> I don't think so.
Yes sorry.
Telecommunications and data
storage facilities are
prohibited as part of the
conditions of this plan.
Okay.
>> and then to.
Piggyback off what
councilmember mayo said.
Can you provide.
Additional information today?
So class.
>> a.
Landscape yards they have
specific planting requirements
.
The notes of this plan don't
specify that it would be
undisturbed, but they have to
comply with the class a
landscape yard requirements per
article 20 of the which specify
the stringent densest planting
requirements.
So for example you have the you
have requirements regarding
shrubs as well as trees and the
amount of shrubs and trees that
have to occur within the amount
of space.
It's fairly technical.
I don't know if you want me to
go through it and.
so she.
>> has a concern.
So COUNCILMAN Mayo, have you.
Shared this concern before?
No.
So this is kind of new.
But as council.
Member amir and I are thinking
that.
If I think maybe we should
defer this I think through that
um.
>> that should.
>> be.
A.
Condition of the rezoning in my
opinion.
And I know that this is just.
>> I.
Think it's hendricks.
Is this hendricks just it's
kind of a for.
Approval, but I'm willing to
make the motion to.
Defer only because.
This council has approved so
many things.
With with.
Uh, with outstanding issues.
Or questions.
And then it comes back to haunt
us later.
Fyi, the two point 5,000,000ft2
data center in the university
area.
So I will make a motion to.
Defer this.
>> um, a so.
A substitute motion to.
Defer this to get this
information or.
Again I'm not sure.
I should be asked.
Yeah I felt well I'd.
>> like.
To talk.
>> to the representative but
I'll make them.
Is there.
>> a motion to defer?
yes.
Is there a second to the
motion.
To defer okay.
>> any discussion on the motion
to defer to council?
Council member is mira and then
council member mayfield.
Council member drakes.
Yes.
>> uh thank you, mayor
harrington.
So this is a very intense use
that that's being proposed.
Is going.
>> from around money.
To aml to.
Uh, which is manufacturing and.
Logistics too.
So I think it makes sense for
us to have a.
Condition as.
Part of this rezoning petition
to include undisturbed.
Buffer to.
>> council member mayor's point
.
So uh, just a question for the
petitioner.
If the.
Is there anyone here from yes
okay good okay okay on down if
they could come down so.
Um so the question I hear would
you be opposed to having the
undisturbed buffer and if yes
what are your concerns?
Good evening.
Bridget grant land use
consultant.
>> with more on this now and
pleased to be here tonight with
greg hartley with acre
development.
I think in combination we can
answer the question.
Greg has some more specifics of
the design team.
Sure.
>> um so a lot of the buffer
will remain.
Undisturbed in the lower areas
but a lot of this is already
pasture area.
So the.
>> intent is to build the
mounds and any towards any
adjacent residential and and
plant those.
The residential across the
street.
Resident most of the
residential is south across
morehead road um that's
undeveloped to the west and
this um.
This is actually you know, this
parcel is and like I said an
expansion of the hendrick um,
campus.
So it's manufacturing um, a lot
of race uh, race related also
uh, defense related contract
stuff.
So I I didn't get an answer to
my question if you could just
say would you be willing to
include undisturbed buffer as
part of the condition of this
rezoning petition?
Uh, I would have to check with
hendricks.
Okay.
>> so I think this this is
where we can use this time to
address the question.
Um, would you be okay with the
deferral?
Is there any time pressing or
sensitivity that we need to
address?
>> I think we're fine with the
deferral.
Okay.
>> that's that's all I have.
Thank you.
So thank you, council member
johnson that will work with you
on the buffer.
Absolutely.
>> thank you.
>> council member mayfield.
Excuse thank you.
I actually what I was going to
do was to invite up the
representatives for them to be
able to answer the questions.
So thank you.
Council member as mayor.
Council member drakes.
If they're okay I'm okay okay.
There has been a motion and a
second to defer and discussion
all in favor of the substitute
motion to defer this item
please raise your hand.
Any opposed?
All right.
That is deferred.
Uh.
>> takes us.
Item ten.
Item nine has been deferred.
We are now at item ten.
Item ten is petition 2025 dash
77 by short development group
llc has had changes since the
zoning committee meeting made
their recommendation council is
required to send the petition
back to the zoning committee
for further review unless
council by a three fourths vote
vote uh vote of the members
present that determines that
the nature of the modification
is such that the further review
is not necessary.
Staff could you please explain
the changes on this petition?
Yes.
>> so there are three changes
that resulted um as part of
continued conversations with
the community.
So previously there were 40
units proposed across the site
multifamily units and they have
now decreased that to 36 units
and they have increased the
number of the affordable units
that are offered at 80% or less
of area median income for no
less than 15 years from four
units previously to now six
units of the 36 units and they
have also provided notes.
So yes.
They have also provided notes
regarding retaining walls that
could occur on the site and
said that they'd be limited to
five feet.
No no sorry no taller than five
feet across the site and uh
provided additional notes if
they were tiered walls and.
Such and that's um as a result
again of continued
conversations with the
community.
Motion not to.
Return to the zoning committee
.
Okay.
>> any further discussion.
So if.
>> I.
Can mayor I just I think I do
have a.
Concern with respect to some.
Exchange that I've seen as.
Recently as 439 today around
the precise.
Language that will go with
respect.
To the southern border.
Has that been clarified?
Can the petitioner.
>> maybe.
Speak to that?
I appreciate that you said it
was five feet but there was
some.
Precise language around
terracing that I just want to
be very clear.
I can read you the language as
it appears in the note because
it is it does address terracing
and tiered retaining wall.
So if terrace or tiered
retaining walls are utilized
along the southern property
boundary, the combined vertical
height of such walls shall not
exceed five.
>> feet.
As measured from the finished
grade at the base of the lowest
wall to the top of the
uppermost wall.
Okay.
>> so.
The language.
With respect to no more than
one retaining wall that is not
addressed in the commentary
that's been.
What was the cause I'm not
aware of that request.
>> was that the language would
read no more than one retaining
wall shall be located along or
adjacent to the southern
property boundary or otherwise
served to retain grade along
the southern property boundary
and such wall shall not exceed
five feet in height measured
vertically from finished grade
at the base of the wall to the
top of the wall.
So the revised site plan that
we received as of just after 4
P.M. So not around 440 did not
make mention of a limit of one
retaining wall.
It did.
It says and for proposed walls
located to the south of the
private alley adjacent to the
southern property boundary
shall be limited to a maximum
of five feet measured
vertically from finished grade
at the base of the wall to the
top of the wall.
If terraced or tiered retaining
walls are utilized along the
southern property boundary, the
combined vertical height of all
such walls shall not exceed
five feet measured from
finished grade at the base of
the lowest wall to the top of
the uppermost wall.
Okay so colleagues I just.
>> want to speak to this one
very briefly.
I would be interested if it's
appropriate.
Could I hear from the
petitioner with respect to this
language?
This added is that can I get
that confirmation?
I just this has been a really
contentious issue because the
petitioners of this property
for a good deal of time and has
been ongoing discussions with
the neighborhood and the
neighborhood has some very
valid concerns that I've really
been trying to listen to.
I walk the site I would like to
hear your response with respect
to this modified language.
Good afternoon.
>> council uh popping up with
urban design partners
representing short development
.
Apologies for not wearing a
sport coat.
I was not prepared to speak
today.
Yes.
So we have been having ongoing
conversations with the
community members uh, to the
south of this project regarding
height of retaining walls,
making sure that they're not
too imposing on the site.
Unfortunately the language at
the change of one singular
retaining wall on site did not
realize that email request had
come out and did not realize
that until I actually spoke to
one of the community members
here just a little while ago.
But given the site
incorporating language into
this particular development
condition for limiting one wall
along the south property line
is certainly doable that that's
fine.
Okay.
>> um so.
Again thank you I appreciate
that.
So colleagues I will simply say
this has been one that I've
been back and forth on.
I will be voting in favor of
it.
I it is not.
Without some uh consternation
on.
My part.
I've walked the site.
I've appreciated that the
community does have some
concerns.
I also have a situation that
we're all very cognizant of,
which is an absence of housing
choice and optionality in
district six, the petitioner
has attempted to meet some of
the concerns that we've raised
has ably done so with regard to
the back wall that southern
line has done so with respect
to um, some element of
affordability.
And so I will be voting in
favor of this petition.
Okay.
>> well thank you mayor.
Uh thank you.
Um, I just wanted to highlight
the.
Work that councilmember owens
has done.
>> on this project.
>> I've been very impressed.
Um.
>> with you.
>> know, the conversations that
she's had with the.
Neighborhood and.
With the developer, um, even
adding some.
Affordability I.
>> think.
Is a really great asset.
So I just wanted to commend you
on that.
Councilmember owens.
Hey, is there any further
discussion or comment or
question on the motion not to
send the changes back to zoning
committee?
So it has been moved and
seconded.
All in favor raise your hand.
Any opposed?
All right we have it.
We have the three quarters we
have unanimous I believe so now
is there a motion to approve
item ten petition 20 2577 and
adopt the zoning committee
statement of consistency as it
appears in our agendas and on
the screen as the.
Council's own.
So moved.
Second.
Any further discussion on that?
All in favor raise your hand.
Any opposed?
Motion passes.
Item 11 on the agenda petition
2020 6-001 by 2026.
Uh typo there by mpv properties
and mission properties has also
had changes since the zoning
committee made its
recommendation.
Council is required to send the
petition back to the zoning
committee for further review
unless council by a quarter uh
vote of all members present
determines that the nature of
the modification is such that
further review is not necessary
.
Staff could you please explain
the changes to this petition
item number 11 yes.
This petition since any
committee's recommendation.
Hearing reduce its acreage from
12.67 to 8.56.
That is just to exclude the
real right of way that was
previously in the petition area
.
They also revised a conditional
note to commit to that the
proposed coworking space and
retail that would be accessible
to residents would be open at
the time of certificate of
occupancy and would remain
operable for a minimum of two
years.
We believe those changes are
minor and do not warrant
additional review by zoning
committee.
Is there a motion not to send
the changes back to the zoning
committee?
So moved?
>> second.
Any further discussion or
comment about the motion not to
send back to the zoning
committee?
All in favor raise your hand.
Any opposed?
And now is there a motion to
approve item 11 petition 2020
6-1 and adopt the zoning
committee statement of
consistency as it appears in
our agendas and on the screen
as the council's own so moved.
Second.
>> any further discussion
there?
council member mia.
Thank you mayor harrington
staff could you please go over
all the changes that were made
to this rezoning petition after
the hearing.
For 2020 6001.
Yes.
>> especially in regards to the
noise buffering or the noise
reduction window materials that
is being used.
Yes.
>> just a moment and apologize
.
So the.
Like I like I said those are
the changes that we received
since then in committee but
they also did reduce unit count
from 176 to 170 units following
the public hearing.
And as you noted there was a
conditional note regarding
noise and this was that uh,
building facades facing the
railroad right of way will use
noise reducing windows.
So I appreciate the changes
that's been made to address
some of the concerns that were
raised at the dias.
So at the hearing I had an
opportunity to speak with with
the petitioner.
Bailey and I also had an
opportunity to visit the side
because.
>> I was.
Concerned uh, with the staff's
concerns around uh this site
being uh many being uh
neighborhood adjacent to
manufacturing site and the
petitioner mentioned how there
is a natural buffer at this
side along with uh, they are
investing in making sure that
there will not there will be
protected from the noise
adjacent to the manufacturing
site.
So, uh, I appreciate the
changes that's been made, uh,
to this petition and I look
forward to supporting it.
Okay.
>> uh, council member graham.
I can not this been said?
Let's vote.
Okay, so we have a motion and a
second we've had discussion on
the motion to uh uh not send
this item back to the zoning
committee.
All in favor raise.
Your hand.
>> any opposed?
Okay.
>> is there now a motion to
approve item 11 which is 2020
6-1 and adopt the zoning
committee statement of
consistency as it appears in
our agendas and on the screen
is the council zoning.
Okay?
>> so moved.
Is there a second?
Second.
Okay.
>> any further discussion?
All in favor?
Any opposed?
All right.
That takes us to item 12.
Is there a motion to approve
item 12 which is petition 2020
6-009 and adopt the zoning
committee statement of
consistency as it appears in
our agendas and on the screen
as the council's own so moved.
Second.
>> any discussion?
All in favor?
Raise your hand.
Any opposed?
No, ma'am.
All right.
item 12 passes.
And finally item 13 is there a
motion to approve item 13 which
is petition 2020 6-0 17 and
adopt the zoning committee
statement of consistency as it
appears in our agendas and on
the screen as the.
Council's own.
Is there a motion so moved?
Second.
>> any discussion on item 13?
Council member mayfield.
Thank you.
So there's.
Been changes on.
This that I would like staff to
go over because what I'm
looking at shows that it's been
reduced from 7.85 down to 1.22
as well as some other changes
if you don't mind going over
those.
Yes.
>> so following public hearing
but before zoning committee the
petitioner worked with staff to
identify some areas where they
could get alignment with
staff's recommendation.
They reduced the acreage from
7.85 to 1.2 to eliminating the
portion of the parcel that was
behind the single family lots.
If you remember the previous
configuration and they also
noted the reduction of units or
total potential units from 9 to
4 units and that it would be
limited to a product type of
only single family detached
whereas previously they said it
could include one duplex yeah
one duplex dwelling and they
also uh noted minimum front
setback to be 27ft rear setback
of 40ft and maximum height of
40ft in alignment with and one
a zoning standards.
And this one wasn't part of a
conversation to send back to
committee.
We're able to just identify
these amended changes and move
forward.
>> those changes were made
prior to zoning committee's
recommendation.
So zoning committee reviewed
all those changes as well.
Thank you for clarification.
Any other questions on item
number 13?
Okay.
>> all in favor of the motion
raise your.
Hand.
>> any opposed?
All right.
Motion passes unanimously.
That moves us to public.
Hearings and on public
hearings.
I'm going to recuse myself as
mayor from presiding over the
public hearings for item 17,
which is petition 2025, dash 11
and item 22 which is petition
2020 5-1 23 due to my law
partners representation of the
petitioners, mayor pro tem
mitchell will preside over
those two hearings and I'm
going to step down.
So motion to recuse mayor haley
to second.
>> is there a second?
It's a.
Recusal not an excuse.
He doesn't need a motion we can
do so we don't have.
>> to do a motion a second.
Thank you.
All right.
>> but mayor and council.
I would like to make a motion
to move those items 17 and 22
to the beginning of the public
hearing.
Is there a second?
second?
>> all those.
>> in favor of the motion I
know raise your hand.
Okay.
>> very good.
So now to the public hearing
portion of our zoning.
I item number 17 was on a
petition 2025 zero 11 by
garrison.
Road holdings llc location
approximately.
4.51 acres located on the east
side of garrison road southwest
boulevard and west of I 85.
Condition zoning in one a
proposed zoning ml-1.
And city clerk I think we have
two speakers sign up to.
>> speak okay.
First speaker MR. John
carmichael.
So this site.
I'll I'll speak first.
I'm sorry.
>> go right ahead.
So this site is just over four
and a half acres along the east
side of harrison road south of
west boulevard, west of I-45
and an area where we have quite
a few industrial entitlements
as well as some industrial uses
as you can see some there's
industrial use just to the east
of this site here and if you're
familiar with the area further
to the northwest would be the
river district.
It's currently zoned
neighborhood one a and it's
within the airport noise
disclosure overlay.
They are proposing to go to the
manufacturing logistics one
district also still within that
airport noise disclosure
overlay.
The policy map does call for
the neighborhood one place type
.
So this proposal is considered
out of alignment with that
policy map recommendation.
The petition.
Is considered inconsistent with
the goals and policies of the
west outer area plan and again
not in alignment with that
current policy map
recommendation does not
directly facilitate priority
goals.
And here's a review of the
minor map amendment criteria.
Again this is criteria that we
look at when considering any
type change or any petition.
>> that would.
Change the current place type
from one to another.
So it's currently in
neighborhood one.
It would go to manufacturing
logistics if this were approved
.
So it meets some of the some of
the minor map movement criteria
that we would look for.
Um, considering that it is
adjacent to existing
manufacturing logistics but it
is adjacent to neighborhood one
which is not preferred for the
site and it meets some of the
locational criteria that we're
also looking for.
Staff doesn't recommend
approval this petition in its
current form.
We think it could be generally
compatible with the surrounding
land uses.
Again, there's a lot of
industrial entitlements and
uses already out in this area
and directly abutting the site
,but it also does have
neighborhood one zoning
directly adjacent to it.
So we think it would be better
pursued as a conditional
rezoning petition so that they
could prohibit uses and
potentially also just prescribe
or.
Opt in to stricter buffer
standards than the ordinance
typically requires just so that
they're being more sensitive to
that neighborhood one place
type that they are surrounded
by and that would be bringing
them into alignment with
specific community area area
plan policies that we look at
such as environmental justice
policy three and just
environmental justice policy 11
within this area plan.
So I talked to the petitioner
team already.
I think they already have some
plans to address these changes.
They would look forward to
seeing what a revised petition
looks like from the site, and
I'll be happy to take questions
following petitioner comments.
Thank you holly.
MR. Carmichael.
Uh.
>> MR. Mayor pro tem members
of.
>> city council and the zoning
committee I'm john carmichael
I'm here on behalf of the
petitioner garrison road
holding llc.
It's good to see everyone.
Um.
As holly stated, the site's
about four and a half acres is
located on the east side of
garrison road.
Between swift.
>> road and.
Dixie river road.
This is an aerial.
the site.
Is kind of washed out but you
can see it outlined.
In red and excuse me in yellow.
Uh the sites currently zone in
one a and in the airport noise
disclosure overlay district as
holly indicated.
Uh the parcels.
Uh surrounding a nearby or zone
in one a there's some MR..
And doe.
>> a little further to the west
and then immediate to the south
is 150 acre site this zoned r1
cdd.
Once again in the airport noise
disclosure overlay.
District the petitioner.
Is actually developing a.
Light industrial business park
on.
>> that.
Adjacent south to the site.
Um requesting the site to
resign.
From n1 a.
And go to ml1 eight in.
To accommodate.
Uses allowed in the ml1 zoning
district.
However as holly.
Indicated we will be.
Converting this rezoning
request.
To a tier one.
Conditional rezoning request.
And the tier one conditional.
Rezoning request will prohibit
.
Various uses on the site.
There's a list.
In excess of 20 that.
Uh, the planning staff provided
to us, but one of the uses that
would be excluded.
As a data center.
We also work with the planning
staff on the uh the buffer.
Um.
>> concerns that they raised
with me last week.
We're happy to do that as well
and we will take care of that
uh, hopefully in advance.
Of the zoning committee
meeting.
Or hopefully.
>> in advance of this thursday
when we need to.
Submit our.
>> documents back to planning.
Uh, this is the approved
rezoning plan for the adjacent
site.
I just want to show it to you
just to show you how.
Uh, it would relate the.
Rezoning site would relate to
the existing.
Uh.
>> site excuse me the site to
the south that's being
developed as a light industrial
business park.
The rezoning site is mainly to
the north and would be
incorporated into this
development.
Um we will once again work with
planning this week uh, to.
Uh.
>> convert this to a tier one
conditional zoning district.
We met with the steel creek
residents association on the
land use committee of the steel
creek residents association on
JULY.
>> 14th.
,and they advised that they
are not opposed to the rezoning
request and that was before the
,um, conversation started.
About converting.
It to a tier one conditional
rezoning request.
Happening and some questions
that you MAY have.
We appreciate your
consideration.
Thank you, MR. Cole.
We have actually one more
speaker on this topic is uh,
masa flippy.
Uh, he's he's with the
petitioner.
Okay.
So you don't speak.
Yes, sir.
>> okay.
So I'm a year the council
member mayor.
Yeah.
>> uh huh.
Same question I just.
Asked earlier about the.
Undisturbed um.
Tree save in buffer.
Just thinking.
>> and looking at in one.
Is on the other side of that.
Can you show the map for that
is.
Yep yeah that's great yeah.
Is that something you're.
Amenable to?
Uh, after.
Hearing the conversation.
And after.
Talking to holly last week we
will definitely look at that
and let you know I haven't we
haven't really looked at it in
any detail but we can look at
that and we will let you know
in a very timely fashion.
Okay I mean I think that would
just.
>> be helpful particularly as.
We're thinking through.
If there.
Is future.
>> single family.
Or or housing.
Adjacent to that based on the
current zoning for those.
So thank you.
For sharing.
Uh you're welcome.
and that would be yes
presumably along the.
Northern and eastern boundary
undisturbed there.
Yes.
>> got you.
Happy to look at that.
There's a motion to close the
public hearing.
So moved.
Second moving properties second
all those in favor oppose.
Thank you.
>> thank you.
Okay.
>> the next, uh, rezoning
petitions item number 22 2020
5-1 23 by sanders partnership
llc location approximately 6 to
1.26 acres located east of
kelly road north of pleasant
grove road and west of western
woods lane.
Current zone is and one a
proposed zone is in 1d.
Uh okay.
Sir, would you like to give us
overview of this petition?
Yes sir.
>> um good evening everyone.
Petition 2025.
Uh 123.
>> is a.
61.26 acre.
Site located on kelly road at
the intersection and pleasant.
>> grove.
Road site is currently zoned in
one eight neighborhood one a.
Further zoning is in one d cdd
neighborhood one d conditional
2040 policy map recommends the
neighborhood one place type for
the site.
The plan is in alignment with
the neighborhood one place type
um.
The rezoning proposal calls for
the development of up to 212
single family detached units
and the minimum lot size will
be 40 800ft2, which is in
excess of the requirement for
the in one d district there's
three points of access into the
development from kelly road and
two of which will include right
and left turn lanes on kelly
road 25 foot class b landscape
your right along the uh
southern property boundaries
and a greenway easement and
three acre park site will be
dedicated to mecklenburg county
.
The plan is in alignment with
the policy map, and it is
consistent with the goals and
policies of the west middle
community area plan staff
recommends approval of this
petition upon resolution of
outstanding issues related to
transportation and environment.
Uh the proposed plan meets the
place type five rt five
criteria.
For the community area plan and
the rt five criteria are
utilized to ensure new
developments within the
neighborhood one place type
fits existing neighborhood
patterns focusing on lot size
street furnishing parcel
location within a block.
The plan also meets goal seven
of the 2040 comp plan uh
integrated natural and built
environments by dedicating that
greenway easement and three
acre park site to mecklenburg
county.
I'm happy to take any questions
following MR. Carmichael's
presentation.
Thank you.
>> staff city clerk uh, I see
we have two speakers sound to
speak that john is mark with
you?
He is.
Thank you.
MR. Carmichael.
Go right ahead.
MR. Mayor.
>> pro tem members of.
Council on the zoning
commission john carmichael here
on behalf of petitioner.
Sanders partnership.
Llc with me tonight as mayor
pro tem indicated as mark.
Com uh the site is about.
61 acres east side of kelly.
Road between pleasant uh grove
road and western woods lane.
Uh this is an aerial of the
site is outlined in.
>> uh green.
>> is tough to see uh.
>> the site is.
Currently zoned in one a.
The zoning of the parcels
surrounding.
>> the site are a combination
or primarily in one a and then
you've got some mix to
innovative here across.
Kelly road from the site.
The request as a result of the
site to the in one.
Dcd zoning district.
To accommodate the development
of a residential community that
contained a maximum of 212
single family detached homes.
They're all density of the
development would be just under
three and a.
Half units per acre.
Uh some of the.
Elements of the rezoning plan
include a minimum 25 foot wide
class b landscaped yard along.
The southern boundary of the
site next to uh adjacent
existing single family homes.
That was a request to the
community and.
i believe one of the.
First community meeting we had
there be a variable width
landscape yard on.
>> the site frontage on kelly
road as.
Max indicated a minimum three
acre portion of the site would
be dedicate and conveyed to the
county for a future public.
Park and then a minimum 100
foot wide greenway easement
would also be dedicated
conveyed to mecklenburg county
.
Uh it's consistent with the
policy map.
The request is this is the uh,
rezoning plan.
This is kelly road here, uh, to
the west of the site and then
this is pleasant grove.
The three access points from
kelly road there would be a
left turn.
Lane.
>> uh.
>> installed here.
Into this access point and then
there'd be a right hand.
Turn lane.
Installed here at.
>> the southernmost access
point.
This is the area in which the
public park would be located.
The greenway easement would be
over here.
Uh, this is the 25 foot wide
buffer that would be
established next to the
existing single family homes.
And then this is the variable
width, uh, landscape yard
along.
>> the site's frontage on kelly
road.
But we did have uh two
community meetings.
We had one on JANUARY 7th of
this year.
And as recently as JANUARY 30th
we had the second community
meeting.
Adjustments were made in
response to comments received.
At the.
>> first community meeting.
Um, we appreciate the planning
staff's favorable
recommendation.
We will.
>> work with the planning staff
this week to.
Uh.
>> address those few remaining
outstanding issues.
I want to thank uh mayor pro
tem mitchell and council member
.
Mayfield for attending.
>> one.
Or more of the community
meetings that we had on this
rezoning request, but we're
happy to answer any questions
that you MAY have.
Council member mayo.
Thank you.
>> um.
Can can we go to slide.
>> 124 at 124.
Or wait no.
>> no 122.
Sorry yeah.
Yeah no no that one no.
>> one 2030.
>> sorry.
Yeah sorry.
Um so I.
>> have a couple.
Questions.
>> first when you talk about
the public.
Park site.
>> in the.
Greenway easement.
Is that.
>> currently in the.
Um.
>> uh, cip for park and rec?
I mean, do you have like an
anticipated time frame when
that would even come to
fruition?
I'm not aware.
That they ask us to they ask us
to to do this the.
>> park.
And rec that was.
>> one of the to the rezoning.
Process.
>> is that possible for you to
ask them?
I'm just curious.
I've had a couple of those even
in morris chapel uh data center
there was some um something
similar and I'm just wondering
when these kind of things would
actually occur.
I mean I great it's good really
in banking.
Um, my other question is what
would be the height of the
buildings that you're proposing
.
Whether they're single family
homes a maximum height of 40ft
.
Okay so two storey so yeah all
right.
Okay okay.
Let me just add a couple of
comments and thank the sanders
partners llc and john and for
the neighbors uh council if you
could remember this started
almost two years ago.
This was a land.
Field was going to be built.
Oh going to be built by the
reds uh uh right near the
resident.
And so two years later not only
have we changed our policy to
prevent landfill forbid built
beside residential but more
important we had a good place
now at the two meetings the
neighborhood is very
supportive.
This was on and so I just want
to thank everyone.
For hanging there.
,including the residents of
the neighborhood who who was
very supportive.
Nan, thank you for your
engagement.
So thank you.
>> any other.
Comments?
>> hello I'm just me.
>> okay.
>> uh is there a motion to
close the public hearing.
So moved.
Second, second.
All those in favor let me know
the raise your hand.
Okay.
>> great.
Thank you all.
Just go.
To item 18 and I'm looking
around waiting for the mayor to
make his.
>> grand entry.
Okay.
>> there is.
Only petition 2026 oh 31 by
charlotte pike and foundry
location 0.4 acres located
south of moving lane west of
providence road and isa uh high
city.
Image image.
Hermitage hermits road and
district six current zoning is
in one c and proposed zoning in
nc.
Cdd staff is not recommending
this approve this petition at
this time.
And staff you can give us a
presentation.
Yes I'll just wait for our
powerpoint.
I think 400.
mhm.
>> yeah this one I just because
I'm.
Too but.
This site is just under half an
acre located south um rabin
lane west of providence for an
east of hermitage road and an
area where we have single
family uses along this
particular street but it's
located just west of a range of
commercial uses along
providence road.
Currently so neighborhood one c
and they are requesting you go
to neighborhood center.
Conditional you post map calls
for the neighborhood one place
type it is directly against
that neighborhood center.
Please type to the east.
The proposal itself is for the
development of a surface
parking lot with approximately
25 spaces.
They do provide a 25 foot class
for landscape yard along the
perimeter of the site and in
their um site plan.
Labels they notes that they.
Would exceed ordinance
requirements in the planting
standards and they also note
that they would work to
preserve existing mature trees
and evergreen hedges on the
site.
Provide school movement access
point from.
>> arabian.
Lane effort planting strip and
six foot sidewalk along the.
Public frontage.
And also commits to a potential
industrial and pedestrian path
on the southern portion of the
site that would connect to the
toilet, pipe and foundry site
if feasible.
this is inconsistent with the
goals and policies of the south
inner area plan.
And it's not in.
Alignment with the policy map
recommendation for the
neighborhood one place type it
doesn't directly facilitate any
priority goals or additional
comprehensive plan goals.
It would change the policy map
to neighborhood activity center
if approved.
So we worked it through that
minor map and that criteria
it's it does meet some uh of
the minimum acreage criteria
because it connects to the
adjacent neighborhood center
place type and it meets some
locational criteria.
However, um it's contextually
proposing a surface parking lot
within and one and into a
corridor or a.
Neighborhood one corridor.
Realistically and it's not a
preferred contextual landscape
for that use.
Again, we consider this
inconsistent with the goals and
policies of the south inner
area plan just given the
development proposal for a
parking lot where this site is
abutting single family uses and
some institutional uses, we
don't think that's an
appropriate location for such
an application of an auto
centric type use.
Um it could potentially service
overflow parking for nearby
commercial commercial uses and
the petition does commit to
preserving existing vegetation
where feasible and also
proposes additional standards
that go beyond ordinance
requirements in regards to the
landscape yards.
But the surface parking lot
just on a whole policy wise
doesn't meet what we would look
for in the neighborhood.
One context that it.
Sits in.
>> and I'll be.
>> happy to take questions
volunteering no comments.
Questions for staff.
All right.
I believe we have uh.
Four people.
>> who are on our list to speak
for the petitioner colin brown
,brittany lenz, kim faison and
allison merriman are all
speaking.
Well if necessary.
Okay.
>> so tenant.
See, MR. Mayor, uh, council
members, any committee members
colin brown on behalf of
charlotte pipe and foundry.
Uh, I'm sure most of you are
familiar with charlotte foundry
one of our.
Greatest.
>> uh, local uh, homegrown
businesses that is still, um, a
major player in, uh, pipe
manufacturing cast iron and pvc
around the nation.
Uh, as you know, their factory
uh, for many, many years was
located until about five years
ago, um, downtown.
But we still have charlotte
pipes headquarters on randolph
road.
Uh, and their product knowledge
facility is located uh, on
providence road.
Um, so thanks, uh, holly for
the overview of the petition
and and unfortunately we don't
have, uh, staff support.
Uh, we've worked with staff i
think we've done, you know,
about everything we can do to
get them comfortable.
And I know that people are not
excited about a surface parking
lot.
Uh, but we are talking about an
area of town where parking is
very precious.
Uh, what makes this unique is
charlotte pipe and foundry's
product knowledge building is
located here on providence
road.
Uh, this is a facility that
charlotte pipe uses.
They bring in, uh, clients from
all over the country to come in
to learn about their product,
how to use their product, how
to assemble it so they come in
from all over.
So it's not a heavy, uh,
traffic parking use but there
there is a desire to have some
additional parking in the area
and so um here again here's the
product knowledge facility
that's not subject to the
zoning.
The zoning is, uh, this
interesting parcel here in
green.
It is a vacant lot on moravian
lane.
Uh, so it certainly presented
an opportunity to find some
parking to support, uh,
charlotte pike use.
And then as we started to talk
with neighbors, as I mentioned,
no one gets excited about a
parking lot, right?
And certainly in this part of
charlotte everyone's very, you
know, concerned about
development.
Uh, so charlotte pike reached
out very early I think we
invited all the neighbors on
moravian lane to come to the
product knowledge building to
meet with us to talk about the
future of this vacant lot, what
would become uh and as we
talked with the neighbors,
frankly, I think they
acknowledged well, gosh, if
anything's going to happen here
this is a pretty good fit for
us.
Um, there is little church on
the lane which has a robust uh,
pre-k uh, class that I
understand is very high traffic
and uh, the little church could
also use some additional
parking.
Uh, so there's certainly
discussions between little
church, uh, this you know, this
important institutional use
that's been there for many,
many, many years and charlotte
pipe about sharing some of that
uh, so there became a positive
community conversation.
There was enough community
support for the neighboring
homeowners that we thought we
would go ahead and file this
petition, uh, even though we
knew staff would have
hesitations.
But there's a look at it again.
It is a vacant lot now, uh, as
holly mentioned, uh the site
would have robust um,
landscaping and buffering.
We have areas that would be
tree save predicting some
existing trees and then
supplementing that with
additional plantings.
I'd move through here pretty
quickly happy to answer any
questions.
Um, as holly points out if you
can see the plant here we are
in in one which is why staff is
not supporting us but we are
directly adjacent to a
commercial place type next door
.
We think this serves as a nice
buffer.
I think the neighbors on that
street think the same council
member owns.
I know you were able to attend
our official community meeting
,uh so you could hear some of
that feedback.
We have been asked by the
neighbors to try and address
some problems there.
Uh, there's some significant
stormwater, uh, impacts on the
site not caused by us, caused
by other development, but there
is an opportunity to install a
new stormwater pipe through our
site to take care of to solve
some existing problems.
Uh, we have committed to that.
Those are commitments in our
zoning as well as the more
robust landscaping and
planting.
Additionally at the community
meeting we talked about
concerns about lighting.
Uh, charlotte pipe has added a
commitment, uh, that all
lighting will be shielded from
adjacent properties download
directed a pedestrian scale and
have zero foot candle
measurement.
Uh, at the property line uh,
we've also provided some
renderings.
Uh, so again on this parcel as
you can see there are 25
parking spaces but a great deal
of the site will be buffering
uh, trees protection of
existing trees.
And so I think uh I think that
opportunity to really address a
need again no one gets excited
about parking but it's a need
especially in this area.
Uh, so I'm hopeful that with
our community support, um, you
all and happy to have further
conversations with you all.
Um, between now and when we
come see you next month for a
decision.
Happy to answer any questions.
Okay.
>> just before we get to uh,
council holly staff any any
rebuttal comments?
Uh, we.
>> don't provide.
A rebuttal.
Okay?
>> okay.
All right.
>> uh, we'll start with
council.
Member mayo and then council
member mayfield.
Thank you.
>> uh, collin, quick question
have you often thought of using
a different type of like
pervious pavement?
So just when you mentioned that
there are already some existing
stormwater issues on the site.
If y'all.
Thought of using more
innovative products that would
maybe minimize that instead of
just traditional asphalt.
We have uh, allison merriman
with land design is here if you
have detailed questions but
that's certainly something
we're talking through with the
neighbors as we talk about you
know, there's some very real
issues with this commercial and
so we're trying to find the
most effective system, you know
,um, to to handle uh, not only
what we're creating but some of
the other set that that is
being evaluated.
Okay.
>> when will we know more about
that?
Um, we'll continue looking at
that.
Allison I don't know if you've
got.
Um I'm happy to get you, you
know, to tell you hey, that's
an option or not before.
I'm just wondering about cost
if it's cost effective for
y'all to do that.
But I do think it would be an
interesting idea when we're
thinking about environmentalism
um, and thinking through like
our youdo and how can we, uh,
be more proactive again?
Um, if we know there's already
stormwater issues there instead
of just adding, you know,
concrete it's just going to
have more water issues?
I don't put else on the spot uh
that we are working on it and
I'll have an answer before we
see you again.
All right.
>> thank you.
Council member mayfield.
Thank you, MR. Mayor.
MR. Brown so.
Because I was listening to this
in the back what.
Where the proposal is is for a
surface overflow parking lot.
It is for 25 parking spaces.
Yes, a surface parking spaces.
I don't know if I'd call them
overflow but yes additional.
So the way the way we have the
language written is that is a
surface overflow parking lot.
So what is a couple of things
that I'm wondering what type of
vehicle will be coming to.
>> and.
from that parking lot if that's
the parking lot when we think
about not only traffic but also
wait that's on some of the
roads because it's listed as a
surface overflow parking lot
serving an off site business
where principal parking users
are only appropriate.
Which one of the challenges
that staff has that is only
appropriate at the edges.
So I want to get an idea of
this is like.
Say an example.
>> doing the golf match at
quail hollow people park at
south park and then there's a
shuttle that takes them to and
from is it that type of
anticipation?
No that is not what's
anticipated.
Okay.
Um and I'll say these are um
these would be passenger
vehicles not large heavy trucks
.
Uh, what works is the proximity
to charlotte pike's main office
here there's an alley that
exists they can walk.
So that's.
>> the anticipation is that
employees will park there for
overflow parking and walk
through the park.
>> that's correct.
Now we have had conversations
with the neighborhood about
there is great demand for
parking and could little church
use that.
And yes that is part of
discussion and the neighbors
have said well what if it's
abused?
You know what if everyone
starts parking in charlotte?
Piper said well at some point
we might have to get it.
You know if it's abused.
But we would like to have you
know, we're hopeful that with
the relationships in the
neighborhood with the church
could use that on sundays when
charlotte pike does not need
it.
Um, so it could fill several
niches and I think that's why
the community appreciates, you
know, some extra space.
So what.
I would ask the petitioners to
consider I necessarily wouldn't
support a gate.
I would.
I could see since there is a
need for overflow parking
whether it is for a church
event or even for some of the
restaurants that uh by having
access to that but to create a
space that is only going to be
accessible to a select group
would be concerning to me
versus if it's going to be
public parking for 25 monday to
friday for the business hours
but then after 6:00 or on the
weekends or if there's an event
knowing that there's access to
overflow parking they'll pick
out the details.
I wouldn't necessarily have a
challenge with that.
I just wanted to make sure that
was the employees part.
They're trying to figure out
how they would get from their
building from the parking to
their building because again we
got 100 plus degree weather out
here.
.
>> don't necessarily.
Want anyone.
>> passing out along the path
when our winter.
does come.
If it.
>> comes for two weeks we might
get five inches of snow.
We also have had tremendous
rainstorms that have come
through so that's why I was
just trying to get an idea of
there is a shuttle.
If so what's the tone in and
out for a shuttle service?
Just seeing if that was
something I was going to say.
To our site.
Just to be clear there there's
a path right here to the
charlotte pike building so they
have almost direct access.
Thank you.
>> thank you.
Council member.
>> island thank.
You mayor.
So I have walked the site on
my.
Own um.
Because it is obviously it's in
my.
District it's an area that I'm
very familiar with.
I appreciate the questions of
council members, particularly
the thoughtful questions out of
council member mayo around.
Some sort of impervious
surface.
I will say that one of the
challenges in in myers park has
candidly been the age of the
infrastructure there one of the
oldest neighborhoods in town.
We often do have infrastructure
that has not kept pace with
with where we are with some of
the sudden storms that come up
and I'm very appreciative of
that.
I'm also very appreciative that
we have some tight roads back
there and we have some waiting
times for parents who are
picking up children in those
sorts of things.
So I'm very hopeful that I'm
going to see a lot of
collaboration, particularly
around the lines of what
council member mayfield was
talking about at those times
when it is not necessary for it
to be used for employees or for
folks who are.
Visiting um.
>> the charlotte pipe and
foundry to have that more open
to uh to parking uses during
the weekend.
>> and in the evenings.
So I am right now.
Cautiously optimistic that this
will continue to progress along
some community benefits that
will really, um, you know,
present this in a little bit
more exciting light because you
are right.
Um, I don't get real jazzed
about a surface parking lot but
if you can if you can.
>> make it a little bit better.
You know I can be amenable.
So thank you.
Thank you.
Council member johnson.
I'll work with the
representative.
Thank you.
>> are there any other
questions.
Or comments from council?
I'll see you.
Second all in favor any
opposed?
Thank you.
Hey items 19 and 20 have been
deferred so we moved to item 21
which is petition 20 2637 by
historical.
Excelsior inc..
Is approximately.
8.88 acres located west of
beatty's ford road, south of
sanders avenue and east of
campus street in councilmember
graham's district.
The site is currently zoned
neighborhood center and
neighborhood 1-c and the
proposed zoning is community
activity center.
One exception and neighborhood
two specify conditional staff
recommends approval of this
petition upon resolution of
outstanding issues.
There are no speakers signed up
against this petition.
The petitioner team will have
three minutes to speak
following staff presentation
staff.
Yes.
>> good evening.
>> petition 2026.
037 is a proposed rezoning of
approximately 9/10 of an acre
on the west side.
Of bs.
Ford road south of the
intersection with sanders.
Avenue.
>> site is.
>> currently zoned nc
neighborhood.
Center along bays fork road.
And in one c.
At the rear.
Of the property proposed owning
a kc one x.
Community activity center.
>> one exception.
For the.
>> majority of the site and
into cdd.
Neighborhood two.
C conditional on the western
property boundary.
The majority of.
The proposed zoning is in
alignment with the adopted
neighborhood center place type.
However, a small portion.
At the of the site along
sanders avenue is.
Designated as.
>> neighborhood one place type.
>> and the.
Proposed cac.
And two cd portions of the site
are not in alignment with that
adopt place type um.
The proposal calls for the.
Reconstruction of.
>> the.
Historic excelsior club.
Including indoor live
performance venue, nightclub,
restaurant, bar and community
center.
Uses into.
Cdd neighborhood.
Two conditional zone portion of
the site.
Shall remain vacant.
But it will be utilized as
potential tree save area and
or.
Landscape yard.
>> and the maximum building
height is limited.
>> to 40ft.
The proposal is an exception.
X request.
An x.
Conditional rezoning is a
request to modify uh
quantitative zoning standards.
>> in exchange, the petitioner
agrees.
>> to provide at least two.
Public benefits.
From two of.
>> the three categories.
>> of sustainability city.
Improvement or public
amenities.
The primary driver this.
Exception are.
>> the.
Required separation distances
for live performance venues and
nightclubs from neighborhood
one place type.
And the.
Architectural elements of the
building.
The requested.
Exception provisions include a
reduction in setbacks,
reduction in.
Ground floor transparency, a.
Reduction in the number of
prominent entrances and
modified signage to recreate.
>> the historic.
Character of the.
Excelsior club.
>> in addition, the.
Proposal calls for the.
Uh reduction of separation
requirements from neighborhood
one place type, increased
parking and modifications.
>> of the.
Sanders avenue street cross
section.
>> in exchange, the petitioner.
>> will provide um city
improvement and that will be to
replace the existing uh
washington heights neighborhood
.
Identification sign.
>> with a new sign along.
Beatty's ford.
>> road and to reconstruct.
Sidewalk ramp.
At the intersection.
>> of sanders avenue and
basford.
Road to meet.
Ada standards and also public
amenity by increasing.
The required on site open
space.
>> and.
Provide additional.
Public open space.
The plan.
Is consistent with the goals
and policies.
>> of a.
West inner community area plan
and staff recommends.
Approval of this petition.
Upon resolution of outstanding
issues related to site and
building.
Design plan.
Proposes the reconstruction.
>> of the excelsior club which
is.
A significant historic landmark
for the neighborhood and.
City.
Reestablishing historical use.
Creates a community gathering
space and community center.
Site is located along the
future links goal line.
Extension and.
The petition.
Commits to making pedestrian.
Improvements and increasing
the.
Amount of public.
Open space in the area.
I'm happy to.
>> take any questions following
the.
Petitioners presentation.
Uh there are there are speakers
.
>> who.
Uh signed up for uh the
petitioner there are three
minutes.
Please identify yourself.
Good evening.
Mayor members of council,
members of the then committee.
My name is bridget grant.
I'm a land use consultant.
Oregon allen.
Pleased to be here.
Tonight on.
Behalf of tim cinema and sean
kennedy with the historical
excelsior.
Um, staff did a fabulous job on
their presentation.
I know many of you are very
familiar with the efforts that
have been taking place on this
site for some time, so.
>> we're pleased.
>> to be here tonight with
staff support and with no
speakers in opposition.
This rezoning is really just to
address a nonconformity that
was established with the
adoption of the udl and we're
working to rebuild a building
on the site that was there for
over 80 years.
So we're happy to answer any
questions and appreciate the
time.
Great questions from council
members for either the staff or
.
For the petitioners.
Council member graham.
No question.
Uh just a comment.
I'm so pleased.
That we are here and there's so
much activity uh around the bfr
that is fort road and and
certainly the historic
excelsior cloud I was that
distills or is this weekend and
talking to shirley caesar and
she was telling me that she
performed there and was
wondering what was happening
with the uh with the
construction as she drove off
and saw the demo site and I
told her and so again rich in
history tradition legacy for
the quarter and certainly the
rezoning is again a step in the
right direction of getting it
constructed and and back in
service for the community and
obviously everyone along the
corridor is extremely excited
about the project, extremely
excited about uh the pace that
is picking up on it.
Uh, and I can feel the
excitement and so maybe uh, in
a couple of years if stella
come back we can have some good
gospel music down there as well
.
Thank you.
Council member mayfield.
Did a move to close the
hearing.
.
>> are there any other.
>> any other questions.
Coming from council?
All right.
There's been a motion to close
the hearing and a second.
All in favor is here.
Any opposed?
All right thank you.
We have.
Covered item 22.
Item 23 is deferred.
That takes us to item 24 which
is petition 20 2611.
Bus trip.
That was.
Item 21 that we just the.
Yeah 2022 has been 22 was
covered while I was away.
Right thank you.
And 23 has been deferred to
item 24 petition 2026 dash 11
by.
Tribute companies inc. Is
approximately 2.2 acres located
on located south.
>> of.
North tryon street, west of
caldwell road and north of
olympia lane in council member
johnson's district.
The site is currently zoned
multifamily residential
conditional and the proposed
zoning is neighborhood center
conditional staff recommends
approval of this petition upon
resolution of outstanding
issues.
There are no speakers signed up
against this petition.
The petitioner team will have
three minutes to speak
following staff's presentation
which will be now.
Thank you.
>> this site.
>> is just over two acres along
the south side of north tryon
street near the county line in
an area where we have a lot of
residential entitlements slowly
coming online and as you can
see there's some single family
here.
We also have a lot of
multifamily along this corridor
not so much commercial uses
which is why we'll get into the
intent of this petition
currently zoned for our 12
multifamily conditional.
That's as a result of a 2021
petition they are requesting to
go to neighborhood center
conditional.
So that's just for a portion of
this larger ar 12 site you can
see here that actually extends
a little further down.
The 2040 policy map calls for
the neighborhood to place type
.
So this request for the
neighborhood center district is
considered out of alignment
with that place type
recommendation.
The proposal is for a little
under 23,000ft2 of
nonresidential uses allowed in
the neighborhood center
district so that can include
retail, restaurant personal
service uses generally think
about neighborhood commercial
type establishments.
it does prohibit auto oriented
type uses and other uses that
just wouldn't be compatible
given the residential context
provides a 12 foot wide shared
use path along the frontage and
at the intersection of north
tryon street and hudspeth road,
it commits to a northbound
u-turn bowl and provides 25
foot class b and landscape
yard.
The adjacent in one properties
also commits to an enhanced
common open space.
It is consistent with the goals
and policies of the northeast
middle area plan.
It's not in alignment like I
said at that policy map
recommendation, but it does
further priority goal of the
area plan as a result of the
neighborhood center request in
its nonresidential use is that
it's proposing it could help
facilitate the ten minute
neighborhoods goal by
increasing access to daily
goods and services.
In consideration of the minor
map amendment criteria, this
petition doesn't meet the
minimum acreage that we would
look for, but it does meet all
of that locational criteria for
the neighborhood center place
type designation and it has the
preferred adjacencies for the
neighborhood center designation
.
Staff recommends approval of
this petition upon resolution
of some outstanding issues.
We think that uh.
Modifying the previously
approved petition in 2021 150
with this new nc request helps
provide a house provide 19
residential uses in an area
where it's dominated by single
family and multifamily
residential uses and this could
introduce again a potential of
the forward ten minute
neighborhoods with the
introduction of potential
neighborhood commercial type
establishments and a park once
type scenario where you have
residential use has already
come and are in with the 2021
petition entitlements and I'll
be happy to take any.
Questions following petitioner
comments.
Okay thank.
You MR. Graham.
MR. Mayor council members any
committee members colin brown
on behalf the petitioner um the
tribute companies tribute um is
a is a large developer in the
university city area.
Uh a lot of multifamily
apartments uh and we entitled
this for them for multi-family
apartments a few years ago and
they've kind of watch what's
happening in the market.
They see now demand for other
goods and services to support
not only their residents some
others.
So they've asked to go ahead go
back and kind of amend their
own petition, take a couple uh
,apartment buildings off and
put in some retail office
buildings.
Uh, that's been very well
received by the district four
coalition.
Uh, I've had good feedback on
that.
We had a couple attendees at
the community meeting uh,
councilmember johnson it was a
few months back I think you did
attend as well.
uh, so happy to have staff
support.
We think it's a good
modification.
Councilmember johnson.
Are there any exclusions?
Um there are we limit it to
like no drive through
restaurants.
Uh, we've kind of gone through
with staff.
It's you know, they're really
seeing this is kind of small
office and neighborhood serving
retail so we've eliminated I
don't think data centers are
ever allowed in that district.
>> if.
That's where you're going.
Um uh and then we've also
excluded other just kind of
what like drive through uses
and things like that.
.
>> okay I don't.
>> have any more questions.
We can.
>> talk offline.
If I did.
Move to the.
Second okay.
>> any discussion.
All in favor raise your hand.
Any opposed.
All right thank you.
That takes us to item 25
petition 2026 dash 26 by
nativity of the holy.
Virgin orthodox church is.
Approximately 2.81 acres.
Located north of mineral
springs road, east of north
grand street and west of
century oaks lane in.
Council member.
Johnson's district site is.
Currently zoned neighborhood.
To be and the proposed zoning
is neighborhood two.
A staff recommends approval.
>> of this petition.
There are no speakers signed.
Up against this petition.
The petitioner team will have
three minutes to speak
following staff's presentation.
Good evening.
Site is.
About 2.8 acres.
>> is on the north.
Side of mineral springs road
east of north graham street and
west of neil road.
Site is developed with a.
Religious institution.
And is surrounded by.
Residential uses.
Single family to the east.
>> and south.
Multi-family to the west.
>> and north.
Current zoning.
Is in.
Thee with the.
>> proposed zoning of into a.
Is a conventional petition.
The 2040 policy map.
Recommends the neighborhood.
To place eight.
The petition.
>> is.
Consistent with the goals and
policies.
>> of the north.
Middle and outer community.
Area plan.
And in alignment with the.
Policy map recommendation for
the neighborhood to place type.
The petition does not directly
.
Facilitate any of the priority
goals for the north, middle and
outer community area plan or
directly facilitate any
comprehensive plan goals or no
outstanding issues.
Staff recommends approval of
this petition.
The proposed zoning represents
a slight decrease.
>> in.
Intensity over.
>> the.
Existing into.
B entitlements.
The into a district permits
religious.
Institutions and.
Their accessory uses.
I will.
>> turn it over to the
petitioner.
To petitioner david.
>> burke.
Thank you mayor thank you
council uh thank you council
member johnson for coming to
our community meeting for this
petition.
Uh, the church is.
Seeking to build a new
sanctuary and so that's why.
The property needs to be out
down zoned from into bed into a
because the into a district.
Works better with.
Religious uh facilities and so,
um I'm happy to answer any
questions.
>> you MAY have.
.
>> council member johnson.
Thank you and thank you for the
presentation.
Um my question is actually for
staff.
Okay.
>> thank you.
So I'm having.
It and I.
>> know this is.
For this 1st MAY not impact.
School value but I noticed the
school percentage.
Is 120% utilization.
So I have my.
Own cumulative impacts uh
spreadsheet that I have and at
some point in the past chambers
high school was up to it looks
like.
137% that the.
Number was given to us.
I have a spreadsheet from
alexis um, our city staff.
Person so I want to know how
the school impact is calculated
not necessarily on this
petition but what information
are we using?
Uh, because we've been given
and I don't have the petition
number.
We've been given petitions in
the past for the school impact
was already higher than 120%
for chambers.
So with.
Each petition as we're
preparing our pre hearing staff
analysis we reach out to cms.
We get the latest their latest
data um I get it so.
We can.
Do some additional.
>> uh research and coordination
with cms.
To determine.
Exactly why that.
Uh number changed.
But um.
If it was a different school
year it would be um a different
calculation based on what the.
Enrollment might be.
>> that particular year.
How students.
Might have.
>> been shifted.
Um.
>> with the different schools
uh.
Depending on enrollment.
Okay.
>> thank you.
That's all I have moved to
close.
Thank you.
I can.
any any, um, questions.
On the.
Motion close.
>> we.
Opposition are all in favor
raise your hand.
Any opposed?
All right.
That takes us to item 26
petition 2026 dash 28 by
barnhart manufacturing company
is approximately 21.25 acres
located east of hawthorne lane
north of central avenue and
west of pecan avenue.
In.
Councilmember anderson's
district.
The site is.
Currently zoned manufacturing
and logistics.
Two and the.
Proposed zoning is neighborhood
center.
Conditional staff recommends
approval of this petition upon
resolution of outstanding
issues.
There are no speakers signed up
against this petition.
The petitioner team will have
three minutes to speak
following staff's presentation
.
Yes.
>> good evening.
Petition 2026 028.
Is a 21.25 acre site located on
the east side of hawthorne
lane.
West of clement av.
Um the site's currently zoned.
Ml two manufacturing.
>> and logistics.
>> the proposed zoning is in.
Cdd neighborhood center
conditional.
The plan.
Is in alignment with the 2040.
Policy map recommendation for
the neighborhood.
>> center place type.
The rezoning.
Proposal calls for a mixed use.
Development that MAY include
multifamily stacked apartments
,office, retail, restaurant,
bar.
Personal services and fitness
studios.
Uh the following uses.
>> are prohibited.
It will.
Prohibit vehicle fueling
facilities.
For gas stations, close vehicle
rentals.
Minor vehicle repair
facilities, beneficial.
Landfill sites and wireless.
Telecommunication facilities.
The plan commits to a.
Minimum of.
>> 20,000ft2 of nonresidential
.
Uses on the site.
A new.
Public street to connect
hawthorne lane to clement.
Avenue and serve as.
>> the.
Future links goal line
extension.
Alignment is proposed.
The petitioner will coordinate.
With katz on the street layout
transit.
Corridor and hawthorne.
Station platform needs on-site
parking.
Will be prohibited along.
The gold line to.
Protect its operations.
And a minimum.
Of half.
>> an acre.
>> of.
Publicly accessible open space
will be provided.
The plan is in.
alignment with the policy map
and is.
Consistent with the goals and.
Policies of the.
Northeast inner community area
plan.
Staff recommends approval of
this.
Petition upon resolution of
outstanding issues.
>> related to transportation.
Environment and site and
building design.
The proposal would contribute.
>> to the community area.
Plan goals of creating a
walkable.
Mixed use area and contribute
to the city's transportation.
Plans through.
Coordination on the future linx
goal line extension.
Happy to take.
>> any questions after MISS
Grant's presentation.
Thank you, MISS Grant.
Good evening.
Mayor.
Members of council, members of
the zoning committee.
My name is bridget grant.
I'm a land use consultant with
maureen van allen and I'm
pleased to be here tonight on
behalf of barnhart with justin
swain.
This one is pretty easy and I
think it's best shown with just
a graphic as its policy
implementation.
The other are the 2040 plan
established the vision for this
particular area.
It was reinforced by the
recently adopted community area
plans.
The udl identified appropriate
zoning districts and we're
taking this step through that
rezoning application of
applying the appropriate zoning
to the site for future
redevelopment opportunities.
We are happy to answer any
questions.
Pleased to have no speakers in
opposition and to have staff
support this evening.
Any council member questions on
item 26?
I'm would going close the
hearing there.
Council member henderson I
think.
Thank you thank you mayor.
Just one quick comment.
Um thank you for your work on
this particular petition.
Um I have not received a lot of
uh of uh communication against
it.
So that's a sign of a good
thing and I've had 1 or.
>> 2.
Um, residents reach out in in.
Wanting this to move forward.
I would say this is one of the
ones that is pretty interesting
as as MISS Johnson just
mentioned schools.
And all.
>> three.
Schools in this area are uh the
utilization is under 90% which
is really, really interesting
given the growing density along
that corridor.
Um based on um the udo so.
Very interesting to see that
and I wonder what it will look
like in a couple of years.
So just more of a comment
around the densification how it
might be uh, lagging indicator
of the utilization of the.
Schools motion to close.
Second any questions there.
>> any concerns?
All right, all in favor raise
your hand.
any opposed?
All right.
That takes us to item 27
petition 2026 dash 28 by rachel
regalado is approximately 3.06
acres located west of henderson
circle south of henderson
valley lane and north of judo
lane in council member graham's
district.
The site is currently zoned
manufactured.
Home park.
And the proposed zoning is
neighborhood one.
See staff recommends approval
of this petition.
There are no speakers.
There is one speaker now signed
up against this petition.
The petitioner team will have
three minutes um following the
staff's presentation and there
is one speaker.
For yes.
Here for the petition.
For sound of it I'm.
Fischer red representing the
owner correct?
Yep.
>> and then we have one oppose
.
All right staff.
We have one against.
This site is just.
>> over.
Three acres.
It's located on the west.
>> side of henderson circle.
This is just west of old
statesville road.
And east of statesville road.
It's ten minutes.
Uh site.
>> is developed with one single
family dwelling.
It's surrounded by.
Single family dwellings to.
>> the north.
Um, a mobile home park to the.
east.
>> and there are industrial and
commercial uses to the west
along statesville road.
Current zoning is.
Uh, image pea that is
manufactured.
Home park.
Uh in a district from the.
Legacy zoning ordinance.
The proposed zoning is in one c
.
Petition conventional.
The 2040 policy.
Map recommends a neighborhood
one place type.
Petition is consistent.
With the goals and policies of
the north, middle and outer
community area plan and also in
alignment with the policy map
recommendation for the
neighborhood.
One place type petition does
not directly facilitate any of
the priority.
>> goals.
For the north middle.
In our community.
Area plan or.
Any of.
The comprehensive plan goals.
There are no outstanding
issues.
Staff recommends.
Approval uh would allow this.
Site to be developed under.
Us standards in.
Accordance with uh the n1c
development standards.
Which would.
>> be.
Compatible with the existing
residential.
Uses to the north of the site.
Turn it over to the petitioner
.
Great.
>> thank you.
>> uh.
just to clarify there is one
speaker and it's for and MISS
Regalado, if I pronounce your.
Name right, I hope.
Yes, sir.
It got.
>> I think.
>> it.
Was wrong.
>> on the speaker list.
Okay.
Thank you, MR. Mayor.
Council members.
Um, I'm.
>> the petitioner.
>> rachel regalado,
representing the owners event.
Uh de la garza.
Uh and jaime.
>> de la garza.
And as.
Um he shared this is in line
with the policy map for.
For charlotte.
>> for 2040.
Directly north.
Uh, there's single family home.
Development um, on that same
road and there's also a whole
neighborhood.
That you.
>> would go into right after
that.
We did hold a public, um,
meeting for the community
members and had a few attendees
and have experienced um, no
opposition.
Great.
>> thank you.
Any questions?
Council member.
Mayfield thank you, MR. Mayor.
Question was there was I'm
trying to understand it says
that it currently is occupied
uh a single family home.
When did the manufactured home
park district what was that
identified as the designation
for this area.
?
>> so that district uh, is a
it's from the legacy zoning
ordinance.
Um, I don't have.
>> a.
Date as.
>> to when that was
established.
But under that.
District currently with the.
Youdo in place it would make it
more.
Challenging to develop.
It would have to be.
A mobile home park.
>> with the.
Associated amenities um, that
you would typically find with
the.
Resort.
So.
Colleagues, what I'm trying to
understand is how we had uh,
manufactured home park.
District that had a single
family home on it but we are
seeing a loss of space.
For manufacture and or modular
homes with a major relocation
that happened that started a
year and a half ago and
completed earlier this year.
So I would like to get a little
bit more information as far as
if this area is actually
designated as a manufactured
home park district, what does
that actually mean and how many
do we have in a city because
council needs to have a
conversation.
Uh, when we talk about
diversity and price points,
diversity and housing
accessibility modular homes are
a part of that conversation but
we don't have designated land
for it.
so thankfully this is a
hearing.
But if we've had a single
family home that has been on
this land that is designated.
For.
>> manufactured and we're
looking at a little over three
acres, I think we owe it to
ourselves and the community to
have a conversation of how many
more manufactured home areas do
we have.
In the.
>> city and if this is one of
the few that are left that we
might need to have a different
conversation of what I
expectation is, uh, providing
diversity and location as well
as housing as well as
accessibility.
So staff it will be helpful to
get that information back prior
to us getting to the next
meeting.
We can.
>> provide.
All of.
>> it.
Any further questions?
Council member.
>> graham go ahead.
Uh.
>> I think.
>> it was.
Council member.
I know it's both as one that
makes.
This is.
>> new district right okay okay
so council member mayfield
thank you for that.
I would love to see some type
of.
Referral to the committee.
As a housing.
And neighborhood.
Services committee because we
do you're absolutely right
having that.
Mobile home.
>> in district four that was
rezone you know.
And so many people.
Lost affordable housing but
there was nothing we could do
um because the owner is allowed
to sell their property.
So I think that that's a great
point.
This is.
>> the one.
>> of the.
Last opportunities.
For truly affordable housing
without a you know, 510 however
long that waitlist is.
So I would love to if there
would be a zone uh area zoned
for that during that petition
we had.
A a mobile park owner who
wanted to expand and.
Extend and.
Opportunities but.
Her land wasn't zoned
appropriately.
So I think we do need some help
in that area.
I would love to discuss that.
And you.
Probably remember allison the
yeah, the owner that wanted to
to help out and couldn't right.
So I think that's a great idea
and also I wanted to.
Just kind of follow.
Up on.
>> what I said earlier.
Um because these um.
Conventional rezonings.
They make it difficult for us
to obtain the.
Information.
>> um, that we need instead of
conditional.
Rezonings um and I was able to
take a look at my worksheet and
the petition we're going
through was up to 137%.
They weren't able to provide
that information with this
percent percentage because the
school information wasn't
available with the conventional
rezonings so we do there is a
challenge in um in the
conventional rezonings I saw it
on the.
Worksheet but.
She wasn't able to provide it
on.
>> the spreadsheet.
So I'd like to.
Talk more about conventional
versus conditional.
Zoning than the.
Information that we're being
provided.
Which which petitioner.
I'll go back I will that we'll.
Talk about it.
But I just wanted to share my
concern about conventional.
Versus conditional.
Rezonings and us being able.
To get the details that we need
to move forward.
Thanks.
>> council member graham on
item 27.
Uh thank you MR. Mayor.
I think I thought the answer to
my question I kind of went
through the um uh through the
profile, uh and but I'm still
concerned that that only two
individuals showed up staff for
the a community meeting.
Right.
And that's.
It's been a trend for a number
of petitions.
So I just bookmark that as a as
a asterisk.
Uh, but it's six single family
lots you're going to develop.
Excuse me six single family.
Yeah.
there um I think there's
various options with this
rezoning but right now they're
planning on doing six single
family and if if you go
directly north so you can see
um if you see north of that
black the.
Square that right there is
single family it abuts right on
the same street single family
um on henderson circle and the
henderson valley lane takes you
into.
>> a whole.
Neighborhood of single family.
So it really is just an
extension of what's happening
like right beside them.
Um.
>> but yes, there is a there's
a house there.
Um I believe it's manufactured
.
Um and that would.
Stay they're not going to get
rid of that and then they would
just.
Um do six more lots that would.
Directly come into like I don't
think the photos were up when
he was presenting it but it
shows the other single family
that's that's right beside this
piece of property.
And uh, in regards to your.
>> question, the two committee.
Members we did uh, mail out the
entire list, um, that the
planning department did send us
and we sent invitations um, do
you council member and did
everything they asked us to do
but it wasn't it wasn't a huge
response.
I don't know how the response
could be.
No.
>> no, I'm I'm not picking on
you.
i'm just.
It's a.
>> it's a city wide thing that
we're not in the type of
feedback from um from residents
that we need to but I think
we're good.
Okay great.
Any other questions?
Let's go.
>> topic here.
So second.
Uh any all in favor.
We opposed all right passes
that takes us thank you very
much.
That takes us.
>> to item 28.
Inches petition 20 2632 dash.
32 uh salix homes llc is
approximately 1.39 acres
located east of driftwood
drive, north of freedom drive
and south of marble street.
In councilmember.
Graham's district.
The site is currently zoned
neighborhood one c and the
proposed zoning is neighborhood
one b.
Conditional staff recommends
approval of this petition upon
resolution of a.
Technical revision.
There are no speakers signed up
against this petition.
The petitioner team will have
three minutes to speak
following staff's presentation
.
Staff I'd say is 1.39 acres
located east of driftwood drive
.
North of.
>> freedom drive.
It is vacant, wooded and
surrounded primarily by
residential uses.
There is a religious
institution to the south of the
site.
Along freedom drive.
Current zoning is in one c with
a proposed zoning of n1d.
>> conditional.
.
>> the 2040 policy map
recommends a neighborhood one
place type.
The proposal would allow.
For uh uses allowed in one d
zoning district um as the
conditional notes are currently
written would not allow
townhomes, condominiums or
other single family attached
housing.
>> with.
Separate ownership.
But would limit the number of.
Parcels to four.
Uh we have the table on the
screen that um, tells you.
>> the.
Differences between the n1c and
one d zoning district primarily
it's lot area um, 6000 is what
the current minimum lot area is
6000ft2 um would be 3500 under
in one d uh similarly uh
minimum lot with would be.
Reduced from.
50ft to 40ft.
>> the petition is consistent
with the goals and policies of
the west middle community area
plan and in alignment with the
policy map.
Recommendation for the
neighborhood one place type
positions is not directly
facilitating the priority goals
for the west middle community
area plan or the comprehensive
plan goals place type five
criteria is used to uh evaluate
request for different in one
and zoning.
Districts uh it does meet
criteria um to go for in one
seat and one dcd there's not a
well-established uh lot pattern
in the area but the minimum lot
with um allowed under in one d
would better fit um the
surrounding context.
Staff recommends.
Approval upon this of this
petition upon resolution of a
requested technical revision
and that is just to better
align um, the conditional notes
with youdo terms.
Um so so.
>> the primary difference
between in one scene and one d
is in dimensional.
Standards lot size and lot
width and the site does meet
place type five criteria um for
the transition to in one d
zoning.
District I'll turn it over to
the.
Petitioner okay for the.
Petitioner russell ferguson.
Yes sir.
>> thank you mayor council.
Committee uh.
Russell ferguson I represent
the petitioner.
Um, so I have alex holmes,
savannah and alex combined.
It's hard to say.
Um it's a petition supported by
staff.
We don't have any opposition.
Um, it's.
Unique in that it is sort of
we're.
>> up zoning to downscale the
development here.
Uh, we've been in contact with
the district rep um.
To explain this, but what.
What the notes are doing is.
Restricting it to for single
family homes.
Um, and it really has to do
with the uniqueness of that
lot.
It's currently subdivided into
six different sub lots and is
permitted to go forward as
three duplexes in a townhome.
>> style.
Um, you know, looking into the
area my clients thought it
would be more appropriate to
have for single family homes
and the approximate width of
them will be about 45ft.
They'll vary a.
Little bit because of the
topography in the back.
Um and that's the goal of it.
So um you know it's much more
copacetic.
We did not have tremendous
attendance at our meetings but
we held two meetings.
We were able to talk.
To both adjacent neighbors.
Uh, one of the adjacent
neighbors actually sold some of
this property into development.
Anyways, um, so happy to answer
your questions.
I don't there's not much the
presentation sort of skip it.
Uh.
Here for.
>> any of your questions I'll
give uh, who's left bridget the
rest of the time.
Questions?
>> we've got public here.
Second area.
All in favor?
Thank you.
Any opposed?
Thank you.
All right, that brings us to
our final item for the evening
item 29.
Good.
>> uh, so.
>> yeah.
>> you're right.
It is.
>> uh which is.
Don't slow.
>> me down.
>> no petition.
2026 dash.
35 by dream key partners is
approximately six acres located
east of beatty's ford road,
south.
Of slater.
Road and north of cindy lane in
council member graham's
district.
The site is currently zoned
neighborhood one b and the
proposed rezoning is
neighborhood to a conditional
staff recommends approval of
this petition upon resolution
of outstanding issues.
There are no speakers signed up
against this petitioner.
>> so the petition the petition
so the petitioner will have
three.
>> minutes to speak following
staff's presentation.
Staff decision.
2026 035.
>> is six acre site located on
the east side of base ford.
Road.
>> currently zoned in one b
neighborhood one b.
Zoning is into.
>> a.
City neighborhood.
>> two conditional.
2040 policy map recommends the
neighborhood of one.
Place type two the site plan is
not.
>> in alignment with the.
Neighborhood one place.
Type and.
>> approval of this rezoning.
Would revise the.
Policy map to the neighborhood
.
Two place type.
the rezoning proposal.
Calls for the development of up
to 64 multifamily attached.
Townhome dwelling units.
The site is divided.
Into two development areas
dormitory.
Area a and development.
Area b.
Um development.
Area a.
>> is limited to buildings of
up to four.
Dwelling units.
And development area b requires
at least.
60% of the buildings to have no
more.
Than two units and allows a
maximum of three.
Units per building.
The plan does not propose a new
access point on betty's ford.
Road access.
The site will be via the
previously approved.
Townhome development to.
>> the south which was uh.
Rezoning petition 24.
112 12 foot.
Multi use path and eight bit.
Planning strip will be.
Provided along the front of.
Betty ford base baseboard road.
Upgraded kat's bus waiting pad
will be.
Installed on betty's ford road
.
Um ground floor.
Residential entrances will.
>> be connected directly to.
Sidewalk buildings on base.
>> for.
Road must.
Front the base ford road
frontage.
Um the plan is not in alignment
with the policy map but the
plan.
Is consistent with the goals
and policies.
>> of the.
West middle community area plan
.
Staff recommends.
Approval of this petition.
Upon resolution of outstanding.
Issues related to
transportation and.
Site and building design.
Proposed plan meets minor map.
Amendment criteria to
transition to the neighborhood
to place type.
The site is in an area.
Containing a mix of single
family, multi-family commercial
and institutional uses.
2040 comprehensive plan calls.
>> for the development of
multifamily housing along major
roadways.
With access to public
transportation and.
Options for.
>> active forms of
transportation.
>> such as.
Walking and bicycling which are
provided provided.
Within the betty's road
corridor.
I'm happy to take any.
Uh.
>> questions following this
grant's presentation.
Thank you, MISS Grant.
Mayor harrington, members of
council members, the zoning
committee.
It's not unusual for me to be
last on the agenda I did.
I'm not.
Uncommon at all.
Um, pleased to be here tonight
on behalf of drink dream key.
Partners.
>> this is essentially a second
.
Phase of a rezoning that was
adopted last year that
introduced townhomes along the
segment of the corridor.
We worked.
>> in collaboration at the time
with the adjacent property.
Owners and are.
Pleased to be moving forward
with some additional.
Um development that will also.
Include or increase the amount
of proposed street network.
Connectivity as well as
improvements along the frontage
.
So I'm happy to answer any
questions.
Questions the bfr is added
again.
To public hearing.
Second all.
In favor raise.
>> your hand.
Any opposed?
All right I think that does it
.
And unless there is opposition
we can adjourn it a council
member mayfield.
So thank.
>> you.
Mayor.
>> um allison.
>> if it were between you and
mayor.
If we can get a referral to a.
Housing and neighborhood
services committee.
Specifically on.
>> the.
Manufacturing housing.
That can be combined.
>> with our.
Upcoming conversation.
That we're going to have about.
Modular homes.
>> for our SEPTEMBER.
Meeting since we're running out
of months.
So if we can get that.
over to.
Uh, leadership so that.
>> we can.
>> have that.
Conversation and.
Um.
>> SEPTEMBER housing.
>> and neighborhood services
committee meeting, that would
be helpful.
Any other.
Comments questions before we.
>> close I should close second.
All in favor?
All right we.
Are thank you mayor.
All right thank you.
>> all right.
Thank you.