15 - Zoning Change - 3703 Lamar Avenue

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Item No. 15 memorandum TO: Mayor & Council FROM: John Godwin, City Manager SUBJECT: ZONING CHANGE, 3703 LAMAR AVENUE DATE: September 18, 2018 BACKGROUND: Jodie Greb has applied for a zoning change on an occupied lot at 3703 Lamar Avenue. The purpose of this request is to change the zoning from General Retail to General Retail with a Special Use Permit in order to add permanent make-up tattooing and micro-blading into an existing salon, Cosmopolitan Beauty. STATUS OF ISSUE: This existing shop is located inside an established, highly trafficked center, near the very busy intersection of Lamar and NE Loop 286. A few parcels in the area are zoned Commercial, but a majority are General Retail, and the future land use plan also calls for the subject lot, and in fact the entire area, to be General Retail. The commission and city council previously discussed and approved a request very much like this one when another existing shop, also inside an existing building, desired to add only these additional services. No other tattooing activities are requested or would be allowed based on the SUP approval language. On September 18 the planning and zoning commission recommended approval by a 6-0 vote. The owner spoke in favor; no one else came forward. RECOMMENDATION: Approve zoning change from General Retail to General Retail -SUP.