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Planning commission recommends rezoning 12.04 acres at George Washington Boulevard to PUDC
Summary
The Washington City Planning Commission voted April 2 to recommend City Council approval of Z-25-05, a request to rezone about 12.04 acres at George Washington Boulevard and Washington Fields Road from A-20 to PUDC; applicant representatives said they will return with detailed site plans before building.
The Washington City Planning Commission voted April 2 to recommend that the City Council approve a request (Z-25-05) to rezone about 12.04 acres on the southwest corner of George Washington Boulevard and Washington Fields Road from Agricultural A-20 to PUDC, a planned-unit development commercial designation.
Eldon, planning staff, told commissioners that the request is “from the current zoning of Agricultural 20 to a proposed PUD zoning designation” and that the application is a zoning request only: “The applicant will be required and fully understand understands they will need to bring the specific design and use plan back before the city for approval prior to any work begins on this site.” The parcel has a general plan land-use designation of community commercial, Eldon said.
The change would convert the site’s underlying zoning; it does not approve a site plan or building elevations. Applicant representative Dave Nasal said the prospective buyer is purchasing roughly nine of the 12.04 acres and intends to subdivide the property into three lots so the buyer can proceed on the parcel it acquires while the remaining acreage is retained by the current owner. “We want to be able to move forward on the 9 acres that we're purchasing,” Nasal said, adding that the buyer will return with elevations and use details for the commission to review.
Commissioners asked whether the PUDC request would lock in permitted uses. Eldon and others explained the PUDC/Zoning code is intended to be accompanied by a schematic plan and detailed project plan, but the city code includes an exception under which the council can approve PUDC zoning without the full plan. As Eldon put it, the request before the commission is asking for the zoning “as a shell” with the expectation that specific plans will be submitted later.
Commissioner Anderson moved to recommend approval of Z-25-05 with the recommendations outlined by staff; Commissioner Davis seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Vote recorded: Commissioner Anderson — yes; Commissioner Shields — yes; Commissioner Davis — yes; Commissioner Bullock — yes.
The commission’s recommendation sends the rezoning request to the City Council for final action; any specific site plans, designs or uses will return to the city when the applicant files the required project plans.
