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Council hears joint public comments on flexible redevelopment plan for 50 acres near Reservoir Street; staff offers brownfield assessment help
Summary
A proposed rezoning to a flexible redevelopment district for roughly 50 acres near Reservoir Street drew questions about utilities, sinkholes and a possible historic landfill; staff offered an EPA-funded preliminary environmental assessment and said infrastructure extensions will be developer responsibilities.
City planning staff and the public discussed a proposal to rezone about 50 acres (parcels 30-13-1 and 463-4-1) from R-3C (moderate-density residential with conditions) to a flexible redevelopment district that would allow multifamily housing and limited neighborhood-serving commercial uses.
Daniel Dietrich, city planning staff, told the joint meeting the FRD district is intended to encourage creative redevelopment of large, previously developed or vacant tracts by allowing mixed uses. The parcels are currently vacant; proffers from a 2001 rezoning limit future multifamily density to R-2 levels (one unit per 3,750 square feet) and a minimum lot size of 7,500 square…
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