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Commission recommends rezoning of Lot 2 at 2221 South Split Rock Boulevard to single-family residential
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that City Council approve rezoning of Lot 2 at 2221 South Split Rock Boulevard from General Business to R‑1 (single-family residential). The applicant said the change is needed so a buyer can obtain a mortgage; the recommendation passed by voice vote.
The Planning and Zoning Commission on Sept. 18 voted to recommend that City Council rezone Lot 2 at 2221 South Split Rock Boulevard from General Business to R‑1 (single-family residential).
Staff explained the lot sits within a larger plan-development area created during the Oak Ridge Nursery redevelopment, but Lot 2 contains an existing single-family home and remains nonconforming under the current general-business zoning. Damon Coughlin, representing the property owners, said the buyer (Mike's son) cannot obtain a mortgage for a house located in a commercial district, and the rezoning request is intended to resolve that mortgage issue. Staff noted construction (a foundation) has begun on the house portion consistent with the approved planned development.
Commissioners discussed that rezoning Lot 2 to R‑1 would align the zoning with the lot's residential use and reduce the possibility that commercial uses could occupy that parcel in the future. Commissioners also asked about neighboring Lot 3, access points and whether Lot 3 would be rezoned; staff said Lot 3 remains general business and is being addressed separately, in part because it includes access identified by the highway authority.
A motion to recommend approval (a "do pass" recommendation) to City Council was made and seconded and carried by voice vote. Staff indicated the item will be placed on the next City Council agenda for consideration.
