AGENDA #2b
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to: |
Mayor and Town Council |
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from: |
Roger L. Stancil, Town Manager |
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subject: |
Public Hearing: University Station – Proposed Town-Initiated Zoning Atlas Amendment (File No. 9880-56-2680) |
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date: |
May 7, 2007 |
Tonight, the Council holds a Public Hearing regarding a request for a Zoning Atlas Amendment to rezone a 42.64-acre site from Mixed Use Office/Institutional-1 (MU-OI-1) and Residential-3 (R-3) to the Residential-1 (R-1) zoning district. The vacant site is located on the north side of Weaver Dairy Road, south of 1-40 between University Station Road and Carol Woods Retirement Center.
Tonight’s Public Hearing has been scheduled to receive evidence in support of, and in opposition to, approval of the proposal. The purpose of this cover memorandum is to forward my preliminary recommendation to the Council.
I agree with the staff’s preliminary recommendation that the rezoning for the property is not required at this time. I recommend that the Council delay any consideration to rezone the property until after the Northern Area Task Force has completed its tasks. If the Council decides to enact a Moratorium for the Northern Area, a Moratorium on development applications would temporarily stop additional development proposals coming forward in the Northern Area, including this property, until the Council has established a vision for the area, and has considered development regulations, design standards, and appearance guidelines to shape the form, intensity and orientation of future development in the area. I agree that such a process could be completed by the end of January 2008.
I believe that the Task Force may recommend uses more appropriate for this location adjacent to the Interstate other than that allowed by the Residential-1 zoning district.