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Council approves Kmart-site rezoning on Western Boulevard after debate over tree buffer; vote 5–3
Summary
The council approved a rezoning at the former Kmart site on Western Boulevard (5–3). Staff and the applicant offered a zoning condition requiring a 15-foot protective yard or equivalent distributed plantings (30 deciduous, 20 evergreen, 30 understory, 160 shrubs); some residents and environmental advocates urged retaining the full 25-foot SHOD2 buffer to protect canopy and stormwater functions.
The City Council on Jan. 6 approved a rezoning request for approximately 12 acres at the former Kmart site on Western Boulevard (zoning case Z-9254500), voting 5–3 after a lengthy public hearing focused on tree canopy, stormwater and the footprint of a Special Highway Overlay District (SHOD2).
Planning staff and the applicant described the updated zoning condition: when development includes residential uses, the developer must provide either a 15-foot-wide protective yard along the eastern property boundary (measured roughly 1,000 feet) planted to SHOD2 standards or distribute equivalent numbers of…
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