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File #: 07-1235    Version: Name: 1-22-08 Lower Burns Park Ordinance
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/2/2008 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/19/2008 Final action: 2/19/2008
Enactment date: 1/22/2008 Enactment #: ORD-08-05
Title: An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 55, Rezoning of Portions of Lower Burns Park Neighborhood from R4C (Multiple-Family Dwelling District) to R1D (Single-Family Dwelling District), Properties on Golden Avenue, Granger Avenue, Rose Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue (CPC Recommendation: Approval - 7 Yeas and 1 Nay) (Ordinance No. ORD-08-05)
Attachments: 1. Lower Burns Park Ordinance Briefed, 2. Lower Burns Park Ordinance, 3. Lower Burns Park Minutes, 4. Lower Burns Park Staff Report, 5. Lower Burns Park Proposed Zoning Map, 6. Protest Memo - Lower Burns Park, 7. Lower Burns Protesting Sites map
Title
An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 55, Rezoning of Portions of Lower Burns Park Neighborhood from R4C (Multiple-Family Dwelling District) to R1D (Single-Family Dwelling District), Properties on Golden Avenue, Granger Avenue, Rose Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue (CPC Recommendation: Approval - 7 Yeas and 1 Nay) (Ordinance No. ORD-08-05)
Memorandum
This ordinance will rezone some properties in the Lower Burns Park neighborhood (properties on Golden Avenue, Granger Avenue, Rose Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue, as shown on attached boundary map) from R4C to R1D. The proposed rezoning of these properties is consistent with current City plans and policies. It follows an area-specific recommendation of the Central Area Plan for downzoning this particular portion of the Lower Burns Park neighborhood. The attached staff report contains a comprehensive analysis of the rezoning, as well as background and historical information.

Residents and property owners in the Lower Burns Park neighborhood were informed of the rezoning. Included in the notice was a pamphlet describing the proposed rezoning in detail and providing answers to commonly asked questions. The City Planning Commission, at its meeting of December 18, 2007, recommended approval of the rezoning.
Staff
Prepared By: Laurie Foondle, Management Assistant
Reviewed By: Mark Lloyd, Planning and Development Services Manager
Jayne Miller, Community Services Administrator
Approved By: Roger W. Fraser, City Administrator
Body
ORDINANCE NO. ORD-08-05

First Reading : January 22, 2008 Approved: February 19, 2008
Public Hearing : February 19, 2008 Published: February 25, 2008
Effective: March 5, 2008

LOWER BURNS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD
(PROPERTIES ON GOLDEN AVE., GRANGER AVE.
ROSE AVE. AND BROOKLYN AVE.)

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP BEING A PART OF CHAPTER 55 OF TITLE V OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ANN ARBOR

The City of Ann Arbor ordains:

Section 1. THE ZONING MAP, which, by Section 5:4 of Chapter...

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