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Approving a bridge resolution for the District 9 commercial zoning study.
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WHEREAS, on July 7, 2010, the City adopted a new District 9 Area Plan as an addendum to the City’s Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the District 9 Area Plan’s Job and Economic Development Strategies calls for the preservation of businesses and jobs in the District while at the same time complementing the District’s Housing Objectives; and
WHEREAS, a long standing land use in the District has recently vacated its use of a parcel of land and the Council find that this parcel is significant as a “gateway parcel” to District 9 because the said parcel abuts lands to the North which are presently zoned B5 Central Business Service and TN2 Traditional Neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that the present B3 General Business zoning classification of the said gateway parcel may not further the objectives contained in the District 9 Area Plan’s Job and Economic Development Strategies or the Area Plan’s Housing Objectives given the B5 and TN2 zoning classifications of the parcels abutting the gateway parcel and that it was not anticipated at the time of the adoption of the Area Plan’s Land Use Mix that the use of the gateway parcel would be vacated; and
WHEREAS, the City Council therefore finds it necessary to request the planning commission to undertake a zoning study to assess whether the B3 zoning classification of the said gateway parcel and the parcels specified herein which are adjacent to the gateway parcel within District 9 would further the District 9 Area Plan’s Job and Economic Development Strategies calling for the preservation of businesses and jobs in the District while at the same time complementing the District’s Housing Objectives; and
WHEREAS, during the period in which the said zoning study is underway, the City Council desires to maintain the status quo regarding land use in the area surrounding the gateway parcel by immediately and temporarily prohibiti...
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