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Selma council approves rezoning, specific-use permit and sale for Cambridge mixed-use project
Summary
The Selma City Council on Sept. 12 approved a zoning change, a specific-use permit and a resolution to sell a 9.381-acre city parcel to Cambridge Development Group for a mixed-use development with about 290 apartments, retail and parkland; the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval unanimously.
The Selma City Council on Sept. 12 unanimously approved a package of actions clearing the way for a mixed-use development by Cambridge Development Group Inc.
City staff presented Ordinance No. 091224-01 to rezone two adjacent properties totaling 15.332 acres at the Lookout Road/Evans Road intersection to a planned-unit development (PUD), and Ordinance No. 091224-02 to grant a specific-use permit for the proposed development. Monique Vernon (staff presenter) told the council Cambridge’s plan would include commercial retail and restaurants, about 3,500 square feet of restaurant space, 3,600 square feet of retail and roughly 290 multifamily apartment units plus parkland. She said the Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval and staff supported the ordinances.
Unidentified councilmembers moved to accept the commission’s recommendations and approve both ordinances; the council approved both measures by voice vote. After the vote, Mayor (unnamed speaker) said, “This is gonna definitely enhance our city a lot and bring a lot more residents and a lot more things for them to do.”
The council also passed Resolution No. 091224-01 to ratify the assignee and authorize the mayor or city administrator to execute documents to complete the sale of a 9.381-acre city-owned parcel to Cambridge Development Group (as part of a previously executed Chapter 380 agreement). City staff told the council that several conditions in the Chapter 380 agreement have been met and that passage would authorize execution of closing documents.
All three actions (the zoning change, the specific-use permit and the sale resolution) were presented as part of a coordinated application by Cambridge and were described as contingent on each other where applicable; the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval for both land-use actions. The council’s approvals were recorded as voice votes; no individual roll-call tallies for the ordinances and resolution were read into the record during those agenda items.
What happens next: Ordinances changing zoning and granting the SUP are now in effect as approved; the sale resolution authorizes execution of documents needed to complete the transfer to Cambridge Development Group.
