River East Management, LLC, Petitioner, represented by Harold Yellin/Joshua Yellin (HunterMaclean) requests to amend the Mid-City TC-2 (Traditional Commercial-Corridor) zoning district to do the following within the Martin Luther King/Montgomery Urban Redevelopment Area (URA):

1) Eliminate the maximum ground floor area (building footprint) requirement of 10,000 square feet; and,

2) Eliminate the minimum rear yard setback requirement of 10 feet. An update to the Mid-City District boundary description is also included and is necessary if the property is rezoned as described below.

In addition to the proposed text amendment, the petitioner also seeks a related rezoning of six parcels to the TC-2 district. The rezoning petition is scheduled for the same City Council meeting as this text amendment (See File No. 18-000496-ZA).

On February 20, 2018, the Planning Commission voted to recommend denial of the text amendment.

The Planning Commission recommends denial.