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Commission forwards rezoning of 2000 Bluffs Drive from M‑2 to R‑3 to city commission to enable medium‑density housing
Summary
The planning commission unanimously recommended rezoning about 2.7–2.9 acres of the former Sallie Mae site at 2000 Bluffs Drive from M‑2 to R‑3 to allow medium‑density residential development; staff and the applicant said the change removes an M‑2 requirement that a portion of gross floor area be nonresidential.
The Lawrence Planning Commission on April 21 voted to forward a recommendation to the City Commission to rezone the eastern portion of 2000 Bluffs Drive (the former Sallie Mae call center site) from M‑2 (mixed large neighborhood) to R‑3 (residential medium density).
Avery Kerner, planner, said the entire 2000 Bluffs Drive property is about 6.8 acres, and the rezoning request applies to the eastern portion (staff presented the figure as approximately 2.68 acres; the motion as read into the record used an approximate 2.86 acres). The owner and applicant representatives told the commission the request is intended to facilitate medium‑density housing on that portion of the lot and to avoid an M‑2 use standard that would require a significant share of nonresidential floor area as part of a mixed‑use development.
Kerner said the site lies along the West Sixth Street commercial…
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