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Developer seeks to replace 165-unit approval with 76 garden homes on Sawyer Road; PNZ forwards recommendation to council
Summary
A developer asked Leon Valley to amend Ordinance 20258 to change a PD from R3 multifamily to R6 garden-home lots on roughly 7 acres at 6612/6618 Sawyer Road; the zoning commission voted to forward the proposal to city council with staff concerns about driveways onto Sawyer, narrower streets, tree mitigation and required variances.
The Planning & Zoning Commission on April 28 heard a public hearing and discussion on an applicant's request to amend Ordinance 20258 and change zoning on approximately seven acres at 6612 and 6618 Sawyer Road from a previously approved PDD (R3 multifamily/townhouse) to a PDD allowing R6 garden-home lots.
Planning & Zoning Director Michael Gallardo summarized the requested variances from the city's zoning and subdivision chapters: minimum lot area reduced from 4,500 to about 2,350 square feet; minimum lot depth from 100 to 85 feet; minimum floor area from 1,800 to 1,350 square feet; frontage from 45 to 28 feet; increased maximum building height to three-and-a-half stories; rear setbacks from 15 to 10 feet; side setbacks from five to 2.5 (and occasionally zero) feet; between-building separation from…
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