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Old School Village development moves forward as planning and zoning bodies grant approvals; council sets CRA committee review
Summary
Planning Commission, BZA and ARB approved elements of the Old School Village/Old School Lofts project; council scheduled a Committee of the Whole meeting Sept. 29 to review a residential CRA application and related rezoning/lot‑split items.
Several municipal review bodies approved pieces of the Old School Village development and related lot changes, and the council set a committee meeting to review the project's Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) residential application.
What happened: the Board of Zoning Appeals granted variances for Old School Lofts (reductions in required yards/spacing). The Planning Commission approved final and preliminary plats for Old School Village and Old School townhomes, and the Architectural Review Board approved plans for the townhomes and two homes within Old School Way. On Sept. 8 council president announced a public hearing Oct. 1 to consider a requested lot split/rezoning at 2690 Bishop Road (parcel 29‑B‑010000012‑0) after the Planning Commission’s recommendation.
Why it matters: the sequence of approvals clears several procedural hurdles for the multi‑lot residential development and positions the CRA application — which would provide tax incentives for residential construction — for committee review. Council members and applicants discussed the CRA application form and asked staff to simplify information requests that developers said were burdensome (for example, requests for itemized invoices that builders may not provide).
Discussion versus decision: zoning boards and ARB issued approvals and variances (formal decisions). Council did not take final action on the CRA; instead the council scheduled a Committee of the Whole meeting for Sept. 29 to review the CRA residential application and the Old School Village matters. A public hearing on Oct. 1 was scheduled for the lot split/rezoning.
Next steps: the Committee of the Whole will review and potentially recommend changes to the CRA application process and the council will hold the Oct. 1 public hearing before final land‑use decisions are made.
