Title
An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 55, Rezoning of 0.84 Acres from R4C (Multiple-Family Residential Dwelling District) and M1 (Limited Industrial District) to PUD (Planned Unit Development District), The Moravian PUD (CPC Recommendation: Approval - 7 Ayes,1 Nay, 1 Absent) (Ordinance No. OR-10-09) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Approval of this ordinance will rezone 554 - 558 S. Fifth Avenue and 215 E. Madison Street from R4C Multiple-Family Residential Dwelling District, and rezone 201 - 211 E. Madison Street and 547 - 553 S. Fourth Avenue from M1 Limited Industrial District, to PUD Planned Unit Development. This rezoning will combine eight existing parcels into one PUD zoning district that allows multiple-family residential use and live/work space. PUD Supplemental Regulations have been prepared to establish use, density and area, height, placement, off-street parking, landscaping and screening, energy and environmental design, architectural design and affordable housing requirements for the district.
A PUD Site Plan has also been submitted, separately, for construction of a 74,370-square foot four-story building over one level of parking containing 62 dwelling units, with a combined total of 150 bedrooms, and 90 off-street parking spaces. Twelve of the 62 proposed dwelling units (19%) will be affordable to lower-income households.
The City Planning Commission recommended approval of this rezoning at its meeting of January 5, 2010. The proposed PUD Supplemental Regulations have been revised to address concerns raised by the Planning Commission at that meeting. Revisions include rewriting the findings section to better match the standards for PUD zoning district review, correcting a typographical error regarding Live/Work spaces, increasing the minimum required amount of open space, and refining the architectural design requirements.
Petition Summary:
ยท The rezoning consists of eight parcels. Each contains an existing structure (seven converted single...
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