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Council approves rezoning and special-use permit for multifamily townhome project at 1400 West Oak Street with recombination condition
Summary
Council rezoned 1400 West Oak from R-20 to TR and approved a special-use permit allowing multifamily/townhome development, contingent on recombining a 2-acre pocket with adjacent property so minimum contiguous acreage requirements are met.
The council voted June 25 to rezone 1400 West Oak Street from R-20 (low-density residential) to TR (town residential) and to grant a special-use permit for multifamily townhome development, conditioned on combining the 2-acre parcel with the developer's adjacent holdings.
Taylor Graham, planning staff, told council the 2-acre parcel sits inside a larger tract the applicant owns and that TR is the zoning category that permits multifamily development with a special use permit when at least four contiguous acres are planned. Graham said staff found the rezoning inconsistent with the land-use plan on a strict-code basis because the parcel alone does not meet the four-acre threshold, but the planning board called the change reasonable given the surrounding TR approvals and the applicant's stated intent to integrate the parcel into the adjacent project.
An applicant representative explained the parties intend to recombine the 2-acre parcel into the larger development (the applicant stated the combined project would total roughly 13 to 17 acres in testimony) and that the proposed townhomes are planned for sale rather than rental. Council considered technical questions about recombination and the special-use permit; staff advised that if the council approves the rezoning and special use permit, the developer would need to complete recombination before building townhome units that require the larger contiguous acreage.
Council voted to approve both the map amendment and the special-use permit. For the quasi-judicial special-use review the council made the four required findings of fact in the affirmative and approved the permit on the condition that the smaller parcel be combined with the adjacent property before development proceeds, as stated in the motion.
Staff will enter the planning documents into the record and work with the applicant on recombination and subsequent permitting steps.
