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Commission backs rezoning of ACT campus parcels to mixed use, staff warns platting and street upgrades required
Summary
The commission unanimously recommended rezoning roughly 48.6 acres owned by ACT to a Mixed Use zone (REZ24-009), allowing potential adaptive reuse of vacant office buildings and a theoretical maximum of 778 dwelling units; staff conditioned approval on platting, street improvements or escrow, and required upgrades before occupancy.
The Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission on Nov. 20 recommended approval of REZ24-009, rezoning about 48.6 acres near 500 ACT Drive from Office Research Park and Interim Development Research Park to Mixed Use. Anne Russett, planning staff, said the site includes two largely vacant office buildings, private streets and multiple unplatted parcels and that the mixed-use zone would allow a mix of residential and nonresidential uses — including the adaptive reuse of existing office buildings into senior housing while retaining some ACT office space.
Russett told the commission the acreage could support up to 778 dwelling units at maximum build-out under mixed-use rules but…
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