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Consider a request from Northside, LLC with representative Balzer & Associates Inc. to close two separate streets: Wilson Avenue and Boulevard Avenue
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Presented By: Stacy Turner, Community Development Director.
Recommendation and Review
Wilson Avenue is a substandard public street (a portion of which is a paper street) that intersects North Main Street approximately 300 feet south of the North Main Street/Mt. Clinton Pike intersection and runs parallel to Mt. Clinton Pike for approximately 1,320 ft. Boulevard Avenue is an undeveloped public street located off of Wilson Avenue extending about 690 feet to the south. The applicant is requesting to close Wilson Avenue from North Main Street to just beyond its intersection with Boulevard Avenue while closing Boulevard Avenue in its entirety.
Planning Commission recommended (6-0) closure of 62,004 +/- square feet of public street right-of-way (with the following conditions) to allow development of the contiguous parcels including building over portions of the public street right-of-way. The public street ROW is adjacent to tax map parcels 42-A-2, 42-B-1A, 2, 3, 5, 8, 8A, 8B, 8C, 9, 9A, 32, 33, 34, & 36, and 44-A-31.
· The City shall reserve easements for all public utilities in the subject area;
· The recording of the street closing shall not occur before the dedication of the extension of Technology Drive; and
· All newly created lots have public street frontage.
Since Planning Commission's consideration, the Community Services Board, an adjacent owner, has expressed concern over losing the potential for a secondary access to a public street from the rear of their property. They are working with staff and the applicant on resolving this concern and staff will provide an update at the City Council meeting.