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Commission recommends annexation and future land‑use change and approves rezoning to PUD for 'Shelley’s/Chalets at Venice' despite neighbor concerns
Summary
The commission recommended city council approve annexation (25‑19AM) and a future land‑use map amendment (25‑20CP) for a 10.12‑acre property at 282 N. Auburn Rd., and recommended approval of a rezoning to a Planned Unit Development (25‑21RZ) for 43 single‑family lots (4.25 du/acre). The rezoning passed 5–1 after public testimony opposing density, traffic and drainage impacts on Blackburn Canal and Curry Creek.
The Planning Commission on Feb. 17 recommended City Council approval of annexation (petition 25‑19AM) and a future land‑use amendment (25‑20CP) and voted 5–1 to recommend rezoning petition 25‑21RZ to Planned Unit Development (PUD) for a proposed residential project commonly referred to in the record as "Shelley’s at Venice" or "Chalets at Venice." The project site is 282 North Auburn Road (≈10.1209 acres) in JPA Area 7.
Planner Britney Smith told the commission the annexation petition would bring the property into the city and that the pre‑annexation agreement had been approved by the City Council on Feb. 10. Smith said the applicant requests a comprehensive plan future land‑use designation of mixed‑use residential (MUR) and accompanying PUD zoning; she emphasized the JPA Area 7 limit of 5 dwelling units per acre and staff’s finding that the applicant’s proposed density (4.25 du/acre; 43 lots) is…
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