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File #: CPC CP 20-00117    Version: Name: Rio Vista Commercial
Type: Planning Case Status: Passed
File created: 12/1/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/26/2021 Final action: 1/26/2021
Title: A Concept Plan for the Rio Vista Commercial project located at 4250 Rio Vista Drive. (Quasi-Judicial) Related Files: CPC ZC 20-00116 and CPC CP 20-00117 Presenter: Daniel Sexton, Principal Planner, Planning & Community Development Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning & Community Development
Attachments: 1. Concept Plan Project Statement, 2. Concept Plan, 3. 7.5.501.E Concept Plans
Related files: CPC ZC 20-00116

Title
A Concept Plan for the Rio Vista Commercial project located at 4250 Rio Vista Drive.

(Quasi-Judicial)

Related Files: CPC ZC 20-00116 and CPC CP 20-00117

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

Body
Summary:
Owner: Col-Terra Investments IX c/o Delorme Management
Developer: The Staenberg Group
Representative: Redland
Location: 4250 Rio Vista Drive

The project includes concurrent applications for a zone change and concept plan. The zone change request would change the current zoning from PUD/AO (Planned Unit Development with an Airport Overlay) to PBC/AO (Planned Business Center with Airport Overlay). The concept plan for Rio Vista Commercial illustrates the lot layout for a six lot subdivision and establishes envisioned land uses for the development.

Background:
The Applicant's zone change request will rezone the 7.38-acre project site from multi-family PUD/AO (Planned Unit Development with an Airport Overlay) to PBC/AO (Planned Business Center with an Airport Overlay). (See" Zone Change Exhibit" attachment) The property was originally zoned PUD in 1973. There was no development plan or concept plan required with the PUD at that time. The only information in the zoning ordinance is that the permitted use was to be multi-family. Per City Code Section 7.3.202(C) PBC - Planned Business Center, this zone district accommodates commercial land uses and preserves and enhances areas for a range of retail sales and service establishments. With this conversion to PBC, the rezone is in conformance with the established and developing land use pattern for the immediate area. The property is located in an area primarily developed with commercial uses, including retail stores and restaurants type uses; therefore, the envisioned uses on the site fit within the overall land use pattern of the project. The 17.7 acres directly to the south was approved for multi-...

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