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Council approves Lewisburg Road rezoning and development agreement including trail crossing and affordable-housing condition
Summary
Council approved a zoning map amendment and a development agreement for a Lewisburg Road project; the applicant revised affordability terms to extend required affordable-unit duration to 30 years and agreed to construct a greenway segment and signalized crossing with cost-sharing.
Council approved a zoning change and a related development agreement for a Lewisburg Road project on Feb. 18 after the applicant revised conditions to extend affordable-unit commitments and to construct public trail improvements.
Nut graf: The developer amended its offered zoning conditions to increase the term of required affordable housing from 10 to 30 years; the development agreement obligates the applicant to construct a greenway segment, pedestrian crossing and to share costs with the city under a mix of facility-fee credits and CIP cash contributions.
Planning staff said the rezoning conditions previously prohibited certain uses and required pedestrian connectivity and limited surface parking at the park-facing edge; the applicant amended condition 5 to change the affordability duration to 30 years. The development agreement sets the greenway completion trigger (to be finished by issuance of the fiftieth certificate of occupancy) and describes a cost-share mechanism: transportation facility-fee credits will offset part of the city's share (signalized crossing estimated ~$200,000) and the remaining city contribution will come from capital CIP funds. Parks staff estimated ongoing park maintenance for the new trail area at roughly $6,000–$7,000 per year and said operations can absorb that within current budgets.
Councilor Patton and others questioned the payment and credit structure; staff clarified that fee credits are permitted under charter provisions when land or capital improvements are dedicated or constructed by a developer and that the city cannot use fee credits to fund pure capital construction costs but can offset facility-fee obligations for qualifying improvements.
Ending: Council adopted the zoning amendment, consistency statement and the development agreement; staff will oversee construction, cost reconciliation and maintenance responsibilities as the project advances.
