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Planning commission backs comprehensive plan amendment, forwards rezoning for 2301 Sparks Boulevard
Summary
The City of Sparks Planning Commission on July 9 unanimously adopted a resolution to change the comprehensive plan land-use designation for 2301 Sparks Boulevard from intermediate density residential to commercial and forwarded a recommendation of approval for a concurrent rezoning from MF-2/PUD to Professional Office (PO).
The City of Sparks Planning Commission on July 9 adopted a resolution to amend the comprehensive plan designation for 2301 Sparks Boulevard from Intermediate Density Residential (IDR) to Commercial and voted unanimously to forward a recommendation of approval for a concurrent rezoning from MF-2/PUD (multifamily/planned unit development) to PO (Professional Office).
Staff presented the two linked requests together and recommended approval. For the record, Coe Gallano, planning staff, summarized the requests and how they relate to local and regional planning policies, saying staff believed the change “is compatible with the area surrounding the subject site” and recommended approval of the plan amendment and forwarding the rezoning recommendation to city council. The subject property is a 0.79-acre parcel at the southwest corner of Sparks Boulevard and O’Callaghan Drive developed in 1987 with a commercial building and operated under a special use permit as a child-care facility for roughly 38 years.
The staff report explained why…
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