Disposition Summary

Deny the MU-SD, EC-3 (Broadway (Washington Pike to I-640)) Mixed-Use Special District because the plan amendment does not meet the intent of the district.

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Staff Recommendation

Deny the MU-SD, EC-3 (Broadway (Washington Pike to I-640)) Mixed-Use Special District because the plan amendment does not meet the intent of the district.

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PURSUANT TO THE GENERAL PLAN, PLANNING FRAMEWORK CHAPTER, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RESERVES THE AUTHORITY TO RECOMMEND LAND USE PLAN CHANGES BASED ON SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED CONDITIONS, SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED CONDITIONS INCLUDE (may include any of these):

INTRODUCTION TO SIGNIFICANT NEW ROADS OR UTILITIES THAT WERE NOT ANTICIPATED IN THE PLAN AND MAKE DEVELOPMENT MORE FEASIBLE.
1. There are no new roads or utilities not anticipated by the land use plans that make development more feasible.

AN OBVIOUS AND SIGNIFICANT ERROR OR OMISSION IN THE PLAN.
1. The TDR (Traditional Neighborhood Residential) land use classification is consistent with the neighborhood's primarily residential character and is not the result of an error or omission in the East City Sector Plan.
2. The MU-SD, EC-3 Broadway (Washington Pike to I-40) Mixed-Use Special District is intended to support a mix of uses for infill development along N Broadway. The subject property does not front, nor does it directly abut, N Broadway, and it is accessed from Bill Williams Avenue, a local street that feeds into a residential neighborhood. Rezoning this property would be an encroachment of a commercial zone into a residential area.
3. The MU-SD, EC-3 special district at this location would create a disjointed section of the district that does not connect to N Broadway.

CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT POLICY, SUCH AS A DECISION TO CONCENTRATE DEVELOPMENT IN CERTAIN AREAS.
1. There are no known changes in government policy that warrants a land use change to the MU-SD, EC-3 Broadway Mixed-Use Special District.

TRENDS IN DEVELOPMENT, POPULATION, OR TRAFFIC THAT WARRANT RECONSIDERATION OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN PROPOSAL.
1. Since the adoption of the East City Sector Plan, there has been a steady increase in commercial, service-oriented uses, and multi-family development along N Broadway. However, development on side streets and in residential neighborhoods east of N Broadway has remained stable, consisting of a mix of less intense office, civic, and residential uses.