Staff Recommendation

APPROVE PC-1 (Retail & Office Park) (Applicant requested C-3).

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Retail and office uses are appropriate along this section of Broadway near the center of the Fountain City commercial area. The proposal is an extension of commercial designation from the north and south.

The applicant is requesting to rezone the subject property from SC-1 to C-3. The existing SC-1 (Neighborhood Shopping Center District) zoning designation requires a shopping center with not less than 5 or more than 20 shops and stores. The former occupant of this property was the Target retail store. Given that Target was the only tenant located on the property, it did not conform to the SC-1 zoning regulations. Since the applicant is not yet aware of how many potential users will locate to this property, a less restrictive commercial zoning designation is being requested.

The request for C-3 (General Commercial) zoning would allow the applicant to develop the property with commercial uses without requiring 5 or more users on that property. However, since the PC-1 (Retail & Office Park) zoning district would also not restrict the number of users and allow most uses permitted under the C-3 zoning designation, staff is recommending PC-1 instead of the C-3 rezoning requested. The PC-1 zone would also require site plan review and therefore allow MPC staff an opportunity to review development plans and address issues related to the development's design and access to N. Broadway and Knox Rd. This will help to reduce the potential negative impact on nearby residential properties from this visible property in Fountain City.

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Disposition Summary

PC-1 (Retail & Office Park)