Title
A non-use variance request pertaining to City Code Section 7.3.504.D.2 to allow slopes 25% or greater to be disturbed or located within a designated building envelope.
(QUASI-JUDICIAL)
Related files: CPC PUZ 19-00004, CPC PUD 19-00005
Presenter:
Mike Schultz, Principal Planner, Planning and Development
Peter Wysocki, Planning and Community Development Director
Body
Summary:
Owners: School District 11
Consultant: N.E.S. Inc.
This project includes concurrent applications for a zone change of 9.9 acres from R/HS (Residential Estate with Hillside Overlay) to PUD/HS (Planned Unit Development with Hillside Overlay; detached single-family residential, 2.93 dwelling units per acre, maximum building height of 35 feet) and associated University Bluffs Filing 4A Development Plan and a non-use variance to allow slopes comprising of 25% to be disturbed and/or to be located within certain building envelopes. The site is within the University Bluffs Master Plan, however per City Code, that plan is considered implemented (85% or more of the site has been built out), the property was originally identified for an elementary school site. Staff is also administratively reviewing a subdivision plat for this site.
Previous Council Action:
City Council has not taken any action on this specific site, the last actions within University Bluffs (or University Park neighborhood) was during the late 1990's and early 2000's that related to PUD zones created throughout the neighborhood. City Council rezoned the adjacent Frank Houck Park in 2006.
Background:
The property, consisting of 9.9 acres, is part of the University Park neighborhood located south of North Academy Boulevard, west of Union Boulevard and north of Austin Bluffs Boulevard. The neighborhood was originally master planned during the early 1980's as the Houck Estates Master Plan. The Master Plan was periodically updated through the years and in 2000 became known as University Park Master Plan. ...
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