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Council advances zoning changes to attract commercial development in Parker planning area
Summary
Town Council considered an amendment to Planning Area 1 zoning to allow larger day-care facilities (up to 10,000 sq ft), lift a drive-through step-back restriction and remove sequencing/timing requirements for multi-tenant buildings to unlock stalled commercial development. Planning staff and the applicant said the changes respond to market realities; council requested buffering and follow-up conditions.
The Parker Town Council on a motion opened consideration of an ordinance amending zoning for the town's Planning Area 1, where developers say current requirements have kept approved commercial projects from being built.
The proposed amendment would, in three principal ways, change the PD/F1B rules for the commercial parcel: increase the permitted daycare size from 3,500 square feet to 10,000 square feet, remove a step-back restriction that effectively prevents drive-through uses at much of the corner parcels, and remove minimum square-footage and sequencing timing tied to construction of a multi-tenant building.
Developer representatives said those three provisions have made the site unattractive to commercial investors. Todd Nicko, a presenter for Adelaide…
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