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File #: CPC CP 22-00056    Version: Name: 518 & 520 West Brookside Street
Type: Planning Case Status: Passed
File created: 6/6/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/9/2022 Final action: 8/9/2022
Title: A concept plan for 518-520 West Brookside Street to bring the existing duplexes into compliance. (Quasi-Judicial) Related Files: CPC CP 22-00056 Presenter: Austin Cooper, Planner II, Planning & Community Development Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning & Community Development
Attachments: 1. Concept Plan, 2. 7.5.501.E Concept Plans
Related files: CPC ZC 22-00055

Title
A concept plan for 518-520 West Brookside Street to bring the existing duplexes into compliance.

(Quasi-Judicial)

Related Files: CPC CP 22-00056

Presenter:
Austin Cooper, Planner II, Planning & Community Development
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning & Community Development

Body
Summary:
Owner: Ryan Thompson, Gregory Traceski
Consultant: Joseph Alessi III
Location: 518-520 West Brookside Street

This project includes concurrent applications for a zone change and a concept plan. The zone change request changes the zoning from R1-6 (Single-Family Residential) to R2 (Two-Family Residential) to bring the existing duplexes into compliance. The concept plan illustrates how the 0.38-acre site is currently developed since there are no proposed changes to the lot.

Background:
The site was originally zoned R1-6 (Single-family Residential) in 1980 with the re-annexation of Southwest Annexation Area. The duplexes were originally built in 1955 and 1953 respectively. The sites were developed when they were in the county and annexed into the city and given the single-family zoning district. The site is surrounded by R1-6 properties to the north, south and east and R5 zoning on the west.

The proposed land use designation for the property is determined by the concept plan. The concept plan does not illustrate the detailed design for this development, since there are existing duplexes on site, and single and two-family structures are exempt from having to do development plans.

The proposal is complementary to the envisioned comprehensive land use pattern for the surrounding neighborhood based on several themes in PlanCOS.

The Vibrant Neighborhoods chapter of PlanCOS identifies the area surrounding the proposed development as an Established Traditional Neighborhood under PlanCOS. The Plan identifies goals to enhance the existing character of such neighborhoods, while supporting their ongoing investment and improved adaptation. Another primary goal of ...

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