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Staff recommends denial of rezoning request on Callahan Drive, citing encroachment on single-family area
Summary
Planning staff recommended denial of requests to rezone two lots near Callahan Drive from single-family residential to general commercial and to amend land-use to a mixed-use special district, saying the change would be an isolated commercial spot next to single-family homes and a substandard private street.
Planning staff recommended denial of a rezoning and plan amendment request for two lots near the intersection of Callahan Drive and Old Callahan Drive, saying the proposed CG-1 commercial zoning and mixed-use special district would be out of character and pose access issues.
Hillman, a planning staff member presenting the case (1B25RZ, 1B25PA, 1B25SP), said the two lots are each slightly over 10,000 square feet and are accessed by Campbell Lane, an approximately 11-foot-wide private residential street. She told commissioners the slope from Callahan Drive to the property is steep and that direct driveway access to Callahan Drive would be difficult or potentially prohibited. "The requested general commercial zoning would be an outlier in this area," Hillman said, and staff recommended denial because there are no changed conditions that would justify expanding a more intensive land use onto a substandard street abutting single-family homes.
Hillman noted that an RV and outdoor storage facility sits northeast of the site, but that most surrounding parcels are single-family residences and the current MDRO (medium-density residential office) classification reflects that pattern. Commissioners asked about frontage and access; Hillman reiterated the steep slope and that engineering could raise issues if two driveways would be located very close together.
Staff tied the recommendation to the plan's policy to protect residential areas from encroaching commercial development and said CG-1 would create a zoning ‘‘spot’’ not otherwise found in the corridor. No formal commission action or vote was recorded in the transcript.
