17 - Comprehensive Plan Amendment from LDR to MDR - Block 281 Lot 6 - 1610 N.E. 15th Street

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Item No. 17 Memorandum TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem and City Council Grayson Path, City Manager FROM: Andrew Mack, AICP Director Planning & Community Development SUBJECT: Conduct a public hearing and take action regarding the petition of Mitch Milam, Texas Land Direct, LLC for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Low Density Residential (LDR) to Medium Density Residential (MDR) in the City of Paris, Block 281, Lot 6, LCAD 18409, located at 1610 NE 15th Street. MTG. DATE: December 12, 2022 BACKGROUND The applicant seeks a minor amendment to the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) to provide for a medium-high density residential use of the property and for the zoning to be consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan. The ability to provide for more medium-high density housing in this portion of the City is a very important accommodation to achieve the goal of more decent, safe and affordable housing opportunities in the community. The site is currently guided for Low Density Residential, but is appropriate for medium-high density residential based upon the surrounding uses of land to the North which are commercial including vehicle repair and outdoor storage of agricultural products. Medium density land uses such as duplex would serve to be a transitional use of higher density housing between the commercial land uses and the single family residential neighborhood to the south. At its 12/5/22 meeting, the P&Z recommended approval of the request. The only additional considerations here are two -fold. First, the small parcel adjacent to the site to the east along NE 17th St. The land is currently vacant, but should be considered for changes to the same designation for consistency of the contiguous property. Second, a number of parcels to the North are guided in whole, or in part, for Low Density Residential, but the current use of the land is commercial. With this approval for change in FLUM and rezoning for the applicant requests, staff recommends and the P&Z concurs with staff to proceed with the appropriate changes to the FLUM only, but not the zoning. That will be brought forward for the hearings at the January 2023 meetings of P&Z and Council.