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Planning director previews zoning and alley-abandonment requests for Columbus block; applicant withdraws Lakeshore rezoning
Summary
Director Clint Peters told council five public hearings are scheduled with Planning Commission recommendations to approve. Key items: a zoning change and alley-abandonment for the 1400 block of Columbus to enable mixed-use redevelopment centered on the Miguel House, and a requested withdrawal of a rezoning application at 2600 West Lakeshore Drive.
Clint Peters, director of development services, briefed the council on five public-hearing items scheduled for the upcoming agenda.
Peters highlighted two linked cases on the 1400 block of Columbus (roughly a two-acre block bounded by Bernard and Columbus and 14th and 15th streets). The applicant seeks to rezone the block to a C4 mixed-use core to support a downtown-scale redevelopment that preserves the Miguel House; the request also includes abandonment of a small alley, subject to retention of a sewer easement. Peters said the developer met with neighbors and the Planning Commission recommended approval by a unanimous vote.
Peters also noted case 247 (the 2600 block of West Lakeshore Drive rezoning) had been withdrawn by the applicant after the Planning Commission hearing; staff recommended council approve the withdrawal.
All five public hearings were recommended for approval by the planning staff and the Planning Commission; Peters provided maps and explained that additional public hearings and votes will follow at the regular council meeting.
Next steps: the items will appear on the council agenda for public hearings and votes per the normal schedule.
