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Council approves land-use change, rezoning for Lafayette Drive/South Illinois Avenue site despite neighborhood traffic concerns
Summary
Oak Ridge City Council approved on first reading a comprehensive-plan amendment and a rezoning to allow a new UB-2 PUD development at Lafayette Drive and South Illinois Avenue, while residents and council members pressed for traffic studies and tighter access controls to protect nearby neighborhoods.
Oak Ridge City Council on Monday approved on first reading a pair of items to change nine parcels at the corner of Lafayette Drive and South Illinois Avenue from residential to general business with a planned-unit-development (PUD) overlay. The vote clears a necessary step so the applicant can pursue a master-plan-designed small shopping area, but residents and several council members raised repeated concerns about traffic, driveway access and potential cut-throughs into adjacent Woodland neighborhood streets.
City planner Wayne Blasius told council the request included a comprehensive-plan land-use amendment from residential to business and a rezoning from R-1C (single-family residential) with Manhattan District overlay to UB-2 with a PUD overlay. “The PUD allows certain flexibility within the zoning ordinance for things that are specific to this project and property. Their use is basically a small…
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