Council advances multiple rezoning requests, including mixed-use plan for Quail Creek site

Staff presented a request to rezone the Quail Creek parcel from C1B to C3 to permit higher-intensity commercial, mixed-use or multifamily development consistent with the future land-use designation. Planner Russ summarized the proposal and neighborhood outreach; applicant Corey Hodap described an "H-style" mixed-use building with a north tower hotel and south-tower apartments connected by shared amenities.

"Our vision for this project is a mixed use development... 0.5 of it or the North Tower, we call it, will be a hotel, and then the southern part of it will be apartments," Hodap said. Planning staff noted the virtual good-neighbor meeting raised no objections and the planning commission recommended approval.

Separately, staff and Havercamp Group representatives briefed council on the Emery North Liberty PAD amendment. The developer said rising single-family construction costs prompted a shift toward townhouses and 12-plexes to maintain economic feasibility. Planning staff reiterated that zoning (RM21) is consistent with urban high-intensity future use and that the planning commission approved the request unanimously. Council advanced first considerations and moved the items toward further readings and formal votes.