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TO: Diane Voss, City Clerk
FROM: Kelly Diekmann, Planning Director
DATE: March 22, 2018
SUBJECT: ezonQPropeit>es to Ternpoiay; D.e'feral Deznollition De�elo tO�erlain
proposed Downtown Gateway Commercial Area.
The City is requesting new zoning standards for the Downtown Gateway Commercial area.
The Planning and Zoning Commission will take action on the above-described request at the meeting
scheduled for March 21, 2018.
The City Council will take action on the above-described request at the meeting scheduled for March 27,
2018.
The labels for the 200' notification and commission action form are attached.
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Demolition&Development Overlay in proposed Downtown Gateway Cammrcial Area.doc
ITEM # 7
DATE 3-21-18
COMMISSION ACTION FORM
SUBJECT: REZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE AREA PROPOSED FOR
DOWNTOWN GATEWAY COMMERCIAL ZONING GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS
PROPERTIES ALONG LINCOLN WAY AND SOUTH OF THE RAILROAD BEWTWEEN
GRAND AVENUE AND DUFF AVENUE FOR A TEMPORARY DEFERRAL ON DEMOLITION
AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY
BACKGROUND:
The City is in the process of creating new zoning standards for the Downtown Gateway
Commercial area that is generally described as properties along Lincoln Way and
between Grand Avenue and Duff Avenue as well as south of the railroad. The
Downtown Gateway Commercial zoning district is intended to implement the vision of
the Lincoln Way Corridor Plan for the Downtown Gateway Focus Area. The Planning
and Zoning Commission reviewed draft zoning standards at its February 7tn meeting
and recommended to the City Council approval of the new zoning district. City Council
held a public hearing on March 6tn for the creation of the Downtown Gateway
Commercial Zoning District and directed staff to provide more information concerning
nonconforming uses and structures within the proposed rezoning area prior to taking
action on the new zoning standards.
City Council then directed staff to prepare a moratorium on the approval of new
development in the area while the City Council continued to review the proposed new
zoning standards. The reasons for the moratorium were to ensure that a new use or
development that would not be in keeping with the intent of the Lincoln Way Corridor
Plan would not occur while the City Council reviewed specific zoning standards for the
area. The proposed new zoning would create new restrictions on specific vehicle
oriented uses that may be incompatible with the redevelopment goals for the area.
Additionally, a number of existing uses may become nonconforming under the proposed
Downtown Gateway Commercial zoning standards.
To enact a moratorium for this area, a rezoning of the properties is required related to
standards of the Zoning Ordinance. A map of the proposed Overlay area is included
as Attachment 1. The proposed rezoning is for the application of the Temporary
Deferral on Demolition and Development Overlay with the current base zones of
Highway Oriented Commercial (HOC) and Downtown Service Center (DSC). Applying
the Overlay will prohibit the demolition of existing buildings and the construction of new
buildings or the expansion of buildings. The Overlay does not change the range of
permitted uses and does not prohibit maintenance and remodeling of structures when
the work does; not require Site Development Plan approval. Staff estimates that the
duration of the Overlay will be relatively short at a term of approximately three months.
Staff's recommendation is that the moratorium last until July 2, 2018 if the City Council
approves the overlay on March 27tn
ALTERNATIVES:
1. The Planning and Zoning Commission can recommend approval of the proposed
rezoning for Temporary Deferral on Demolition and Development Overlay as a
temporary moratorium on the subject properties within the proposed Downtown
Gateway Commercial Area as shown within Attachment 1.
2. The Planning and Zoning Commission can recommend denial of the proposed
rezoning.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Due to the sensitivity of creating new Downtown Gateway Commercial zoning
standards, it is important to ensure that properties are not redeveloped with potentially
incompatible uses and buildings while finalizing the details of the new zoning district.
The proposed overlay will result in a temporary moratorium and prohibit both the
demolition of structures and the construction of new structures.
Therefore, the Planning and Housing Director recommends approval of Alternative 1.
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