Community development staff told the Development Review Committee on Sept. 10 that applicants for 1920 Schiller Avenue revised their requested future land-use amendment so it aligns with the requested zoning and the city's land development code.

June Sona, a community development staff presenter, said the applicant initially sought to change the property's future land use from county rural and county low density to city residential low suburban but staff found that residential low suburban would not be compatible with the requested residential two-family zoning under the Land Development Code (referenced in the transcript as LDC table 1.8 0.2). The applicant modified the request from residential low suburban to residential low, which staff said makes the future land use and zoning comparable.

Staff said the proposed site plan remains for 115 single-family residential units (2.92 dwelling units per acre as stated in the meeting) and that the modification does not change the proposed site development plan. Staff noted the item previously received DRC approval in June and was approved by the comprehensive planning commission on Aug. 1; the item had a first reading at city council on Sept. 20 but a technical code issue required returning the future land-use amendment to planning commission and then city council so the council second reading and zoning hearings can be tied together.

No formal vote was recorded during the DRC discussion. Staff asked the committee for a recommendation, and no DRC reviewers raised objections during the meeting. Building, police, public works and fire staff recorded no comments at the DRC meeting.

The change is procedural: staff presented the modified future land-use classification to resolve an incompatibility with the requested zoning so the project can proceed through the planning commission and council hearings with matching land-use and zoning designations.