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Staff says Hill Street plan amendment misaligns with future land‑use map; PD would allow plant nursery with fence variance
Summary
City staff told the Planning and Zoning Commission that a proposed comprehensive‑plan amendment to reclassify a Hill Street site as commercial does not align with the city's future land‑use map, while a companion zoning request would create a planned development to allow a plant nursery and include a requested variance to permit a 6–8‑foot wood fence instead of a masonry screening wall. Staff noted three opposition letters were received.
City planning staff told the Planning and Zoning Commission on Jan. 13 that a proposed comprehensive‑plan amendment to change a Hill Street property from low‑density residential to commercial/retail/office does not align with the city’s future land‑use map, though a companion zoning change to a planned development (PD) would allow the applicant to run a plant nursery and certain retail uses.
"Staff is unable to support the request because the proposal does not align with the future land use map," a staff member said during the staff briefing. The PD application would, the presenter said, permit uses consistent with the general retail district to the east and south but would also include conditions prohibiting specific uses such as emergency care clinics, hospitals,…
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