This is the first of four related agenda items.  If this request is approved, and with unanimous consent, this agenda item is also on First and Second Readings.

• Zoning Hearings:

  • Motion to Amend the Future Land Use Map Category for 317, 319, 321, 323, and 325 East 32nd Street from Traditional Neighborhood to Traditional Commercial;

  • Motion to Rezone 317, 319, 321, 323, and 325 East 32nd Street from TN-2 to TC-1.

• First and Second Readings:

  • Motion to Amend the Future Land Use Map Category for 317, 319, 321, 323, and 325 East 32nd Street from Traditional Neighborhood to Traditional Commercial;

  • Motion to Rezone 317, 319, 321, 323, and 325 East 32nd Street from TN-2 to TC-1.

Josh Yellin for Gordon Development Group LLC (File No. 19-005683). The petitioner is requesting to rezone five contiguous parcels on the south side of East 32^nd Street between Habersham Street and Lincoln Street from the TN-2 (Traditional Neighborhood) Zoning District to the TC-1 (Traditional Commercial) Zoning District.  The current zoning was applied to the subject properties when the Mid-City Historic District, now known as the Streetcar Historic District, was established in 2005.  These properties comprise approximately 100 linear feet of frontage on East 32^nd Street and 50 feet of frontage on Habersham Street. The Streetcar neighborhood is a mixed-use neighborhood characterized by commercial and residential uses existing in close proximity to one another.

On October 29, 2019, the Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of the request to rezone the subject properties from TN-2 to TC-1 because “The Streetcar neighborhood, formerly Mid-City, is a mixed-use neighborhood characterized by commercial and residential uses existing in close proximity to one another. The dimensions of the subject lots are substantially smaller than most of the residential parcels in the vicinity. The subject properties have remained undeveloped, seemingly since the lots of record were established, due to the dimensional shortcomings.  The potential for redevelopment lies in combining the parcels. Although this potential combination of lots would permit residential, as a corner lot on Habersham Street, mixed use or nonresidential uses are appropriate as allowed under the proposed zoning” under File No. 19-007207-ZA.  In doing so, they recommended approval of designating the property as being in the Traditional Commercial Future Land Use Category.

Approval