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Staff recommends E1, C2 and I3 rezonings to protect employment nodes and eliminate split zoning
Summary
Planners proposed several nonresidential rezonings — recommending E1 to preserve employment uses, a C2 designation for Muddy Branch Square for consistency, and I3 for industrial/office park context — aimed at reducing split-zoning and preventing heavy industrial adjacent to neighborhoods.
Planning staff explained the proposed nonresidential rezonings that aim to protect employment uses, reduce nonconformities and provide better land-use fit. For some employment nodes staff recommended the E1 (urban employment) zone in place of C2 to avoid creating nonconforming uses; "Staff recommends E1 here instead of MCD because under MCD, again their existing uses would become nonconforming," a staff member said.
Staff also recommended rezoning the Muddy Branch Square split-zoned parcel to C2 for consistency and suggested I3 (industrial and office park) for properties around Metropolitan Grove Park & Ride to ensure compatibility with adjacent neighborhoods and avoid the heavier uses allowed in I1.
