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Planning board recommends council review of rezoning and special-use permit at 1400 West Oak Street despite plan inconsistency
Summary
The board acknowledged staff's finding that a proposal to rezone 1400 West Oak Street from R-20 to TR and a special-use permit for multifamily townhomes is inconsistent with the land-use plan as a standalone parcel, but voted to recommend that the Town Council review and consider approval contingent on lot recombination and further actions.
The Selma Planning Board reviewed a rezoning request and an associated special-use permit for 1400 West Oak Street, a roughly 2-acre parcel the applicant Axiom Holdings seeks to develop as multifamily townhomes to expand the adjacent Gibson Creek development.
Planning staff told the board the parcel is currently zoned R-20 (low-density residential) and that TR zoning would permit the townhome development the applicant proposes. Staff advised that multifamily development normally requires a minimum of four contiguous acres, a threshold the 2-acre parcel does not meet as a standalone lot. Staff recommended the application be considered inconsistent with the comprehensive plan unless the applicant recombines the parcel with adjacent holdings to meet lot-size requirements.
Board members discussed the site's location amid existing TR-zoned property and whether recombination and the existing adjacent development make the rezoning appropriate. The board voted to acknowledge staff's finding that the request is inconsistent with the land-use plan for the parcel as currently configured, and then voted to recommend the Town Council review the rezoning request and the special-use permit. Planning staff noted the rezoning and special-use approvals are contingent on further actions by the applicant (including any recombination) and that final approval rests with Town Council.
The special-use permit item returned later on the agenda; the board again moved and recommended council approval of the special-use permit for multifamily townhomes. The board also discussed that, if the council approves the rezoning and special-use permit, the developer would need to return with final unit plans and undergo staff-level or council-level approvals for the specific site plan and unit counts.
