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Commission approves first reading to rezone 10 Carrera Street to a PUD, asks staff to add succession protections
Summary
On first reading the commission voted unanimously to rezone 10 Carrera Street from RS‑1 to a Planned Unit Development (PUD) to preserve continued institutional and educational uses at the historic property; commissioners asked staff to explore a reverter clause or other succession language before second reading.
The City Commission on first reading approved Ordinance 2025‑05, rezoning about 0.34 acres at 10 Carrera Street from Residential Single Family 1 (RS‑1) to Planned Unit Development (PUD). The rezoning would allow continued use of the historic property for a caretaker residence, a small resource library and limited meeting space tied to longstanding educational and cultural activities on the site.
Amy Skinner, director of Planning and Building, told commissioners that the proposed PUD was narrowly tailored to preserve historical, educational and small‑meeting uses that have occurred there for decades. The Planning and Zoning Board unanimously recommended approval and asked the applicants to add explicit prohibitions on several RG‑1 commercial uses; the draft PUD includes language barring rooming and boarding houses, tourist homes, bed‑and‑breakfasts and other uses the neighbors objected to.
James Whitehouse of St. Johns Law Group, representing the trustees that inherited the property, said the trustees wanted to “do the right thing” by coming to the city to continue the site’s compatible historical uses. Whitehouse said the PUD preserves the building, allows listed uses and removes earlier language that inadvertently permitted transfer of ownership without additional city review.
Several commissioners and neighbors said they supported the PUD because it preserves a historic local institution, but one commissioner asked staff to draft a “reverter” clause or other succession language to ensure that, if the trustees dissolve or the property is sold, the zoning and allowed uses would revert to RS‑1 or another restrictive classification. The applicant agreed to work with staff to craft language to address that concern before second reading.
The ordinance passed first reading unanimously; staff and the applicant will return for a second reading in a future meeting with the revised PUD text and any proposed reverter/succession language.
