AGENDA #8
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to: |
Mayor and Town Council |
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from: |
Roger L. Stancil, Town Manager |
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subject: |
University Station – Proposed Town-Initiated Zoning Atlas Amendment (File No. 9880-56-2680) |
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date: |
May 21, 2007 |
Tonight, the Council considers a proposal 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 I-40, between University Station Road and Carol Woods Retirement Center.
I agree with the staff recommendation against rezoning the property 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 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 Northern Area Task Force may recommend uses more appropriate for this location adjacent to the Interstate other than those allowed by the Residential-1 zoning district.
If the Council decides not to enact a moratorium, I recommend that the staff return to the Council with alternative recommendations for rezoning the property.