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File #: CPC DP 19-00132    Version: Name: Austin Bluffs Heights
Type: Planning Case Status: Passed
File created: 7/1/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/25/2020 Final action: 8/25/2020
Title: A Development Plan for Austin Bluffs Heights to allow construction of a multi-tenant commercial building. (Quasi-Judicial) Related Files: CPC ZC 19-00131, CPC DP 19-00132 Presenter: Daniel Sexton, Principal Planner, Planning & Community Development Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning & Community Development
Attachments: 1. Development Plan, 2. 7.5.502.E Development Plan Review
Related files: CPC ZC 19-00131

Title
A Development Plan for Austin Bluffs Heights to allow construction of a multi-tenant commercial building.

(Quasi-Judicial)

Related Files: CPC ZC 19-00131, CPC DP 19-00132

Presenter:
Daniel Sexton, Principal Planner, Planning & Community Development
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning & Community Development

Body
Summary:
Owner: Shirihal Properties, LLC
Developer: SAI Holdings, LLC.
Representative: YOW Architects, PC
Location: South of Austin Bluffs Parkway to the southwest of the Austin Bluffs Parkway/Meadow Lane/Regent Circle intersection

The project includes concurrent applications for a zone change and development plan. The zone change request changes the zoning from R1-6000 (Single-Family Residential) to C-5/cr (Intermediate Business with Conditions of Record). The development plan illustrates the construction for the 1.13-acre site as a multi-tenant commercial building with ancillary site improvements.

Background:
The applicant's zone change request will rezone the 1.13-acre project site from R1-6000 (Single-Family Residential) to C-5/cr (Intermediate Business with Conditions of Record). (See "Zone Change Exhibit" attachment) Per City Code Section 7.3.202(D) C5 - Intermediate Business, this zone district accommodates commercial uses that are of a moderate intensity and focus on individual sites, which may in some cases be located near established residential zones. As a base commercial zone district, City Code Section 7.3.203 Permitted, Conditional and Accessory Uses sets forth the permitted and conditionally permitted land uses allowed in the zone and dimensional controls are outlined under City Code Section 7.3.204 Office, Commercial, Industrial, and Special Purpose Zone District Development Standards. In response to input received from the surrounding residential neighborhood, the applicant has proposed to prohibit certain land uses within the zone, which include bars, automotive and equipment services, campgrounds, kennels, liquor...

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