12 - Zoning Change Request - 741 S.E. 23rd Street

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Item No. 12 memorandum TO: Mayor & Council FROM: John Godwin, City Manager SUBJECT: ZONING CHANGE, 74123`d SE DATE: August 7, 2018 BACKGROUND: Mike Davidson and Kenny Dority have applied for a zoning change on a 0.219 acre lot at 741 23`d SE. The purpose of this request is to change the zoning from SF -1 Residential to MF -1 in order to build a single quadplex. The property is currently vacant; a previous single family home was destroyed by fire. A lot between the subject property and Clarksville is occupied by a large unused concrete pad, where a restaurant once stood. STATUS OF ISSUE: A majority of the area is single family and all immediately contiguous properties are zoned single family. However, a large area across 23`d is zoned General Retail (though still occupied by two houses), and two properties diagonally southeast are zoned multi- family. The future land use plan calls for the subject lot to become General Retail. This is not a case in which we would normally recommend approval. MF -1 actually allows the construction of an apartment building, and regardless of this owner's plans, such a project could later be undertaken without a further zoning change. In addition, the land use plan does not include any medium or high density residential uses in this area. Even so, an apartment complex is not practical on such a small lot, a duplex or quadplex is actually a good buffer between single family and general retail (and probably should have been included in the future land use plan), and because of the two vacant lots here that reach to a heavily travelled Clarksville, a new single family structure is probably not likely. Therefore, we agree with the zoning request. On August 6 the planning and zoning commission recommended approval by a 7-0 vote. The owner spoke in favor; one citizen spoke neither for nor against, but emphasized the need for a drainage plan concurrent with construction. RECOMMENDATION: Approve zoning change from SF -1 Residential to MF -1 Residential.