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Consider a request from Thomas W. Richardson and James F. Richardson with property representative Mossy Creek Holdings to rezone a parcel from R-2, Residential District and R-3, Medium Density Residential District to B-2C, General Business District Conditional
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Presented By: Adam Fletcher - Director, Planning and Community Development
Recommendation and Review
This property is located at 480 East Market Street. Planning Commission recommended approval (6-0) to rezone the 26,258 +/- square foot property identified as tax map parcel 27-A-6 from R-2/R-3 to B-2C with the following proffers:
With regard to the rezoning, the applicant has proffered the following (written verbatim):
The property shall be redeveloped by improving and maintaining the existing structure, which may include additions to the building, and where the following B-2 uses will be retained:
(By Reference to Numbered Paragraphs of the Existing B-2 Ordinance with Some Modifications)
(1) Mercantile establishments which promote the show, sale and rental of goods, personal service establishments and other shops.
(2) Governmental, business and professional offices and financial institutions.
(4) Theaters, community rooms, museums and galleries and other places of assembly for the purpose of entertainment or education. In addition, customary recreational and leisure-time activities with are compatible with surrounding uses are permitted.
(5) Religious, educational, charitable or benevolent institutional uses which do not provide housing facilities.
(15) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above listed uses.
(18) Public uses.
In addition, the applicant would retain the right to seek a special use permit for any uses allowed by such in B-2.
With regard to the site the applicant proffers:
A landscaping buffer with intent to form a dense screen shall be established along the western and northern perimeter of the property as indicated on the site plan. prepared by Engineering Solutions, dated July 6th 2016, and submitted with this application. Existing vegetation may be maintained or new materials planted. When new materials are planted, they shall be 6 feet in height at the time of planting and planted at a minimum of 5 feet on center.
Dedicate right-of-way as needed along East Market Street for the city’s future traffic signal improvements at the intersection of East Market Street and Sterling Street / Reservoir Street as indicated on the site plan, prepared by Engineering Solutions, dated July 6th 2016, and submitted with this application.
The southern access to the property along Sterling Street shall be marked as exit only.
All freestanding signs shall be no taller than 10ft in height, and no freestanding sign shall exceed 50 square feet. There will be no LED, scrolling message board sign.