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Staff recommends rezoning at 1818 North Third Street; owner agrees to restrict uses near Lamar Middle School
Summary
Staff recommended approval to rezone 1818 North Third Street to create a cohesive single‑family area; the property owner agreed to a narrower neighborhood‑service designation to eliminate certain retail uses near Lamar Middle School.
City planning staff told the council during a work session that a zoning cleanup at 1818 North Third Street would move a strip of general retail into a single‑family‑1 designation (or, as subsequently agreed with the owner, a neighborhood‑service designation) to create a more cohesive developable site.
Staff noted the site is adjacent to Lamar Middle School and that the change to neighborhood‑service is intended to remove several retail uses allowed under general retail that staff and council consider inappropriate near a school — for example, gas stations and vape‑oriented smoke shops. Planning staff said the property owner agreed that neighborhood‑service would meet her needs and that staff had updated the staff report accordingly.
Planning and Neighborhood Commission (PNC) had previously recommended approval; staff reiterated its recommendation to council. No formal council vote occurred in the work session; staff said the updated language and staff report would appear with the item when council considers it.
The matter was presented as a code cleanup to create a cohesive development site and remove higher‑impact retail uses from the immediate school corridor.
No dollar amounts or detailed development plan were provided in the work‑session discussion; staff flagged the change as consistent with expected Unified Development Code (UDC) updates.
