9607-05 Rezoning 3500 Block of the south side of Douglas Road - District 4

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Additional information: (Agency comments) • On June l7, Staff faxed a letter to the design professional recommending that as much of the "SF l " zoning district as possible remain unchanged, most of which contained the 100-year regulatory non-buildable flood zone. This will not affect the development as proposed. Staff supports retaining the City zoning map designation, which was recently adopted on Iv1ay 11, 2004, unless change is necessary. Staff also noted in a letter that the preliminary site plan still lacked residential bufferyard screening, and off-street parking area rear landscape screening. On June 30, Staff faxed a second letter noting that the previous concerns were not addressed on the revised preliminary site plan. ;On June 31, Staff telephoned the design firm informing them that Staff recommendation would be negative without the zoning boundary change. ~ Criteria (per IC 36-7-4-603): 1. Comprehensive Plan: Policy Plan: Principle: Employment opportunities. Goal 2: Encourage the economic development of the County and its muncipalities. Objective A: Locate employment uses in such a manner that conflicts with residential land uses are minimized. Policy l: Fashion a land use plan that ensures physical separation and/or buffering between employment and residential uses. Land Use Plan: The Land Use Plan does not recommend the property for a specific designated growth. Therefore, the rezoning does not conflict with the Land Use Plan. The rezoning is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan economic policy, and Land Use Plan. 2. Current conditions and character: Douglas Road between State Road 23 and Grape Road is in transition from residential to commercial land uses. 3. Most desirable use: Commercial and office uses are the most desirable uses for the area of this property near Douglas Road. 4. Conservation of property values: The residential bufferyard evergreen trees and perimeter parkinglot rear landscaping requirements are not met on the preliminary site plan. The surrounding residential properties have.a better chance to retain their values if the City Code is met. ~. Responsible development and growth: A more-intensive commercial zoning designation will be responsible development and growth for this area. Recommendation: Based on information available prior to the public hearing, Staff recommends that the Area Plan Commission send this to the Common Council with an unfavorable recommendation unless the majority of the property currently zoned "SF 1" Single-Family is deleted from the petition. Analysis: Although commercial and office development is appropriate where these uses are shown on the site plan, the Staff does not recommend rezoning most of the existing "SFl" District because there is no need to change it. Most of Richard and Ann LaFree #2322-OS Page 2 of 4