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<br />7 <br /> <br />• B-4, Comprehensive Business District. There is only one location zoned B-4, <br />Comprehensive Business District; it is along Rice Street south of County Road C. <br />These changes leave only the B-3, General Business District plus one district to be added. <br />District to Be Added <br />It is proposed that the City create a new district, Corridor Mixed, and apply it along Rice Street <br />and portions of Little Canada Road west of the freeway. That district would allow a variety of <br />retail and service businesses, vertically mixed commercial and residential buildings, and <br />residential buildings with more than 8 units apiece. The intention is to allow more market <br />flexibility in the pattern of land uses while improving or retaining high standards for site design. <br />Improved market choice should encourage new investment and more efficient land use. <br /> <br />Current Commercial Zoning <br />Districts <br />Proposed Commercial Zoning <br />Districts <br />B-2, Automotive Business <br />C-1, General Commercial B-3, General Business <br />B-4, Comprehensive Business <br />R-B, Residential / Business R-C, Residential-Commercial <br />-- C-2, Corridor Mixed <br /> <br />Changes in the list of Permitted Land Uses <br />The list of commercial land uses is proposed to be consolidated and expanded. That is, it is not <br />necessary to try to list every conceivable commercial land use that we wish to include because <br />that risks omitting some that we might actually want, such as cell phone stores, which are not <br />currently shown. Instead, a smaller number of more inclusive terms is used. This wording is <br />proposed: “Retail and/or service businesses that deal directly with the final consumer or <br />beneficiary, but not including drive-through or drive-in service.” <br />The proposed list of principal and accessory commercial land uses is shown in the text on page <br />905-2. <br />It is also proposing that many of the Conditional Uses in the commercial (and the residential) <br />districts be made Permitted Uses with certain conditions stated in the code. That would allow <br />more buildings to be approved by City staff without having to go through the Planning <br />Commission and City Council, which is time-consuming. It also ensures that the conditions are <br />clearly stated before a site plan is drawn. Those conditions are shown in Chapter 914, Specific <br />Development Requirements. <br />Changes to the Dimensional Regulations <br />The maximum density for housing in the new Corridor Mixed zoning district is proposed to be <br />50 units per net acre. The current maximum density in the R-3, High-Density Residential district <br />is 29 units per net acre. The maximum building height is proposed to be 56 feet.