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home zoned LB, Local Business District. To the east of the site is a local retail establishment also zoned LB, Local Business District. To the south of the site across Lincolnway West is a business zoned LB, Local Business District. And to the west of the site is a restaurant zoned MU, Mixed-Use District. The site plan includes an existing single-story building situated on the corner of College and Lincolnway West. The site is fully enclosed by a barbed wire fence. The staff is requesting written commitments. One (1) of them is to limit the number of vehicles parked on the site to no more than five (5) during the day or over-night. Another one (1) is to remove the barbed wire fencing. This comes to you from the Area Plan Commission with a favorable recommendation. Rezoning this site to CB, Community Business District,will allow for the reuse of an existing commercial structure in a manner consistent with the comprehensive plan. Committee Chair Davis opened the floor to Committee and Councilmembers for questions or comments. Committeemember Jo M. Broden asked, Why was it agreed upon to have the limit be five (5) vehicles? Angela Smith, Area Plan Commission with offices on the 11th floor of the County-City Building, stated, It comes from the number of parking spaces allowed on site. The thought is that they should only have as many vehicles as there are designated spaces. Committeemember Broden followed up, On the barbed wire fencing,to be clear, fencing is allowed but not the barbed on top? And there is no commitment for landscaping? I just want to make sure this is consistent with the corridor planning. I would like to see some level of commitment to landscaping. Ms. Smith replied, That is correct. A four (4) foot fence is allowed if it is open. He obtained a variance to have a six (6) foot fence without the barbed wire on top. There has not been any commitment to landscaping but there have been some conversations about that. Councilmember Tim Scott requested DCI to speak to how this fits into the Master Plan. Michael Divita, Planner with the Department of Community Investment with offices on the 14th floor of the County-City Building, stated, We met with the owner to talk through the process. There are still some things needed to be formalized to do some repair work. Ultimately, we would like to move past the auto repair shop here but in the meantime, as an interim use, that would be good. Broadly,toward the plan, it does provide commercial traffic to the corridor and that is consistent with the plan. Councilmember Scott followed up, So this is consistent with the Wilbur Node? Mr. Divita replied, The instinct is to work toward more of a Mixed-Use so we are not all the way there. We have someone willing to work with the land right now. Tim Corcoran, Director of Planning for Community Investment with offices on the 14th floor of the County-City Building, stated, Ideally we would be tearing this building down and building a 2