Page 15 CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM NO: B STAFF: LARRY LARSEN FILE NO: CPC ZC 14-00079 - QUASI-JUDICIAL PROJECT: APPLICANT: OWNER: PK ZONING FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IN THE TRAILS AT FOREST MEADOWS RIVERS DEVELOPMENT NEXTOP HOLDINGS, LLC SITE
Page 16 PROJECT SUMMARY: 1. Project Description: This project includes a change of zoning from PUD/AO (Planned Unit Development with Airport Overlay) to PK/AO (Public Park with Airport Overlay) (FIGURE 1). The property is located within the Trails at Forest Meadows development project, approximately 1,200 feet northwest of the Cowpoke Road and Dry Needle Place intersection or immediately east of the Canary Circle and Loftwood Road and consists of 4.59 acres. The application, if approved, will allow for the future development of the Trails at Forest Meadows Neighborhood Park. This change of zoning was a requirement of the City Parks and Recreation Advisory Board when it approved the park s master plan and design. 2. Applicant s Statement: (FIGURE 2) 3. Planning and Development Department s Recommendation: Approval of the application. BACKGROUND: 1. Site Address: Not applicable. 2. Existing Zoning/Land Use: PUD/AO (Planned Unit Development with Airport Overlay / vacant. (FIGURE 3) 3. Surrounding Zoning/Land Use: North: PUD/AO (Planned Unit Development with Airport Overlay) / Vacant (Planned: Residential South: PUD/AO (Planned Unit Development with Airport Overlay) / Single-family residences. East: PUD/AO (Planned Unit Development with Airport Overlay) / Vacant (Planned: Residential West: PUD/AO (Planned Unit Development with Airport Overlay) / Vacant (Planned: Residential 4. Comprehensive Plan/Designated 2020 Land Use: General Residential 5. Annexation: Woodmen Heights No. 4 (2004) 6. Master Plan/Designated Master Plan Land Use: Woodmen Heights / Park 7. Subdivision: Unplatted. 8. Zoning Enforcement Action: None. 9. Physical Characteristics: The majority of the site slopes towards the northwest. The site has no significant vegetation (grasses and shrubs) or natural features. STAKEHOLDER PROCESS AND INVOLVEMENT: No public notice or distribution was deemed necessary. However, this application was required by and was reviewed and coordinated with by the City Parks and Recreation Department ANALYSIS OF REVIEW CRITERIA/MAJOR ISSUES/COMPREHENSIVE PLAN & MASTER PLAN CONFORMANCE: 1. Design and Development Issues: None. No significant issues or concerns have been identified. 2. Conformance with the City Comprehensive Plan: The zone change and development plan is consistent with the City Comprehensive Plan. The Plan s 2020 Land Use Map identifies this area as a General Residential.
Page 17 The following City Comprehensive Plan goals, objectives and policy statements apply to this project: Policy LU 201: Promote a Focused, Consolidated Land Use Pattern: Locate new growth and development in well-defined contiguous areas in order to avoid leapfrog, scattered land use patterns that cannot be adequately provided with City services. Objective LU 5: Develop Cohesive Residential Areas: Neighborhoods are the fundamental building block for developing and redeveloping residential areas of the city. Likewise, residential areas provide a structure for bringing together individual neighborhoods to support and benefit from schools, community activity centers, commercial centers, community parks, recreation centers, employment centers, open space networks, and the city s transportation system. Residential areas also form the basis for broader residential land use designations on the citywide land use map. Those designations distinguish general types of residential areas by their average densities, environmental features, diversity of housing types, and mix of uses. Residential areas of the city should be developed, redeveloped and revitalized as cohesive sets of neighborhoods, sharing an interconnected network of streets, schools, parks, trails, open spaces, activity centers, and public facilities and services. Policy LU 501: Plan Residential Areas to Integrate Neighborhoods into the Wider Subarea and Citywide Pattern: Plan, design, develop, and redevelop residential areas to integrate several neighborhoods into the citywide pattern of activity centers, street networks, environmental constraints, parks and open space, school locations and other public facilities and services. Strategy N 203f: Develop Gathering Places: Plan and develop a landscaped, outdoor center for each new neighborhood in conjunction with schools, parks, recreational facilities, supporting retail uses, community centers, neighborhood life centers or other civic or institutional uses to function as a focal point and gathering place for the public. It is the finding of the City Planning and Development Staff that the zone change for the neighborhood park is consistent with the City s Comprehensive Plan 2020 Land Use Map, as to be amended, and the Plan s goals, objectives and policies for General Residential use. 3. Conformance with the Area s Master Plan: This project is located within the Woodmen Heights Master Plan, and the area is designated for park use. It is the finding of the City Planning and Development Staff that the zone change for the neighborhood park is consistent with the Woodmen Heights Master Plan. 4. Zone Change to Public Park (PK): The existing zoning for this area is PUD/AO (Planned Unit Development with Airport Overlay). The proposed zone is PK/AO (Public Parks with Airport Overlay). Zone change requests are reviewed based upon the zone change criteria found in City Code Section 7.5.603.B. Further, zone changes to Public Parks are reviewed based upon the establishment and development of a PK zone using the criteria found in City Code Section 7.3.402.B.
Page 18 It is the finding of the City Planning and Development Staff that the zone change meets the zone change criteria found in City Code Section 7.5.603.B and 7.3.402.B. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Item No: B CPC ZC 14-00079 Change of Zone District Approve the change of zoning district from PUD/AO (Planned Unit Development with Airport Overlay) to PK/AO (Public Park with Airport Overlay), based upon the finding that it complies with the review criteria of City Code Sections 7.5.603.B. and 7.3.402.B.
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