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File #: CPC CP 22-00002    Version: Name: Lexington Vistas
Type: Planning Case Status: Passed
File created: 5/5/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/28/2022 Final action: 6/28/2022
Title: Concept plan for 6.49-acres containing a mix of religious institution and residential land uses located southwest of the intersection of Parliament Drive and Lexington Drive. (Quasi-Judicial) Related File: CPC ZC 22-00001 Presenter: Katelynn Wintz, Planning Supervisor, Planning & Community Development Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning & Community Development
Attachments: 1. Concept Plan, 2. 7.5.501.E Concept Plans
Related files: CPC ZC 22-00001

Title
Concept plan for 6.49-acres containing a mix of religious institution and residential land uses located southwest of the intersection of Parliament Drive and Lexington Drive.

(Quasi-Judicial)

Related File: CPC ZC 22-00001

Presenter:
Katelynn Wintz, Planning Supervisor, Planning & Community Development
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning & Community Development

Body
Summary:
Owner: Covenant Presbyterian Church
Developer: Springs Land Ventures, LLC
Consultant: NES Inc.
Location: 2845 Parliament Drive

The project includes concurrent applications for a Concept Plan and Zone Change for 6.49 acres of land at 2845 Parliament Drive, southwest of the intersection of Parliament Drive and Lexington Drive. The project, Lexington Vistas, is zoned R-5/P (Multi-Family with Planned Provisional Overlay) (CPC P 85-40, Ordinance 85-29). The Planned Provisional Overlay was put in place to restrict uses to allow religious institutions only. The Zone Change proposes to remove the Planned Provisional Overlay and keep the R-5 Zone to facilitate a multi-family residential development on the southern portion of the site. The Concept Plan shows the established religious institution on the northern 3.53 acres and proposes a new multifamily development on the southern 2.96 acres. The proposed maximum residential density is 28 units per acre, which would result in approximately 82 units.

Background:
The request will rezone 6.49 acres from R-5/P (Multi-Family Residential with Planned Provisional Overlay) to R-5 (Multi-Family Residential). The Planned Provisional Overlay includes two conditions of record. The first restricts the use of the parcel to church and church-related activities only. The second required Planning Department approval of a development plan prior to the issuance of a building permit. The second condition of record became irrelevant because the Zoning Code now requires administrative approval of development plans prior to the issuance of any bui...

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