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DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS: This is a request by Habitat for Humanity. Inc., through its agent Mosby and Associates. Inc., to rezone 0.52 acres from CL (Limited Commercial) to PD (Planned Development) to allow residential units in a commercially designated area. In addition to the rezoning request, the applicant is requesting conceptual and preliminary PD plan/plat approval to convert an existing abandoned six (6) unit motel into three (3) single-family townhouse units on the 0.52 acre parcel. The subject site is located on the south side of 45'' Street, east of 34' Court (see attachment #2). The purpose of this request is to secure a zoning district that will allow the redevelopment of the existing abandoned motel to single-family townhouse units and allow the fee -simple sale of the property and townhouse units. At its regular meeting of August 24, 2000, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously (7-0) to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve the rezoning request and conceptual plan, subject to the conditions contained in the recommendation at the end of this report. The Planning and Zoning Commission also reviewed and approved the preliminary PD plan/plat for the project at the August 24'" meeting, conditioned upon the granting of conceptual plan approval by the Board. The Board of County Commissioners is now to consider the proposed PD rezoning and approve, approve with conditions, or deny the PD rezoning and conceptual PD plan. Development Approval Options Available to the Developer Presently, the subject site is zoned limited commercial (CL), which allows the former motel use, but must be rezoned to allow redevelopment of the motel building to fee -simple townhouse units. Any rezoning action must comply with the site's GI, commercial/industrial, land use designation. There are two options available to the developer to seek approval of the proposed project. Either of the two options, if approved, would allow the applicant to proceed with the proposed project. These options are as follows: 1. Rezone the site to the office, commercial, residential (OCR) zoning district, which allows the proposed attached single-family dwelling units (townhouse units), and propose a PD (planned development) application for special exception use approval to request waivers to allow the creation of townhouse lots to accompany the single- family units. 2. Rezone the site to a PD zoning district that is tied to a conceptual PD plan. At staff s suggestion, the developer has opted for a PD rezoning. If approved, the PD rezoning would effectively rezone the property and approve the conceptual plan in one set of public hearings. • The PD Zoning District, Generally Many PD projects have been reviewed in the county, and some of those projects have involved PD rezonings. Unlike standard zoning districts, there are no specific size or dimension criteria for PD districts. Instead. the PD district is based on the underlying land use plan designation for density and use limitations, and on compatibility requirements. In the PD zoning district, setbacks and other typical zoning district regulations are established on a site by site basis through approval of a conceptual PD plan. Adopted as part of the PD zoning for a property, the conceptual plan serves as the zoning standard for the site. SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 -27- BK 1 15 PG 074 0 "A