[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] welcome to the December 16th zoning meeting we will I will call this meeting to order and we will start with introductions and let's start with our clerk Billy T Deputy city clerk Tiana Brown city council District 3 good evening Renee Johnson and I'm honored to represent District 4 good evening everyone James Mitchell city council at large Liz Babson assistant city manager good evening merry Christmas and happy holidays D Anderson mayor protim district one uh Malcolm Graham District Two Ed drgs district 7 T car six Lana Mayfield council member at large good evening Victoria watlington council member at large ter hegler gray senior assistant City attorney Mar Miss Molina would you like to introduce yourself good evening everyone margerie Molina I represent District 5 excellent so we will begin our meeting with an invocation an expression an ins spiration followed by the Pledge of Allegiance the invocation by a council member is intended to solidify our proceedings and we celebrate the religious diversity of our entire Community including those who do not have a religious faith and this evening council member Brown will lead us thank you good evening everyone thank you for coming tonight or this evening so it is an absolute pleasure to be able to bring the invocation tonight so I'm a dedicated member to Greater Mount Si Baptist Church 1243 West Boulevard under the direction of Dr major Stewart my entire family go there I've been there my entire life um I just want to say tonight um my pastor spoke about something very very deep um on Sunday but I just want people to know that the world needs more love no matter what you're going through how you're going through do it what amount of moneyy you have in your bank account the world needs more love you know before I Was preparing to come here I was dealing with a family emergency but I also turned on TV I'm a current events person I like to see what's going on in the world and there was another shooting um in Wisconsin and it was ju it was a juvenile didn't get out didn't get the age but juvenile tells me under the age of 17 17 and below and so there was six injured and uh two pronounced dead including the shooter and so this is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year but maybe it's not the most wonderful time of the year for others we all have our agendas we all have our goals we all have things that we want to get done and accomplish in life when you're thinking about what you're going to do remember that we all have to exit this world we all leaving here and whether you believe it or not or whether your religion your faith or your faith based or what your religion or what you practice we all have an exit date we don't know that date I'll leave you with this when you look at that image in the mirror we all have something that we can approve we all have something that we can work on and just remember that me you or anybody else that's listened to me under the sound of my voice we're no better than anybody but we're just as good as everybody the world needs more love council member Brown Tiana District 3K thank you thank you if you would like to please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance a pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all so we will begin um in just a minute with an explanation of our uh zoning process proc but before I do that I just wanted to acknowledge someone who has been a part of this community for years some of you uh have gotten to a point in your life where you've been able to retire and you've been able to move on and enjoy the balance of your life and Mr Keith mcvan has been working with us for many many years and he's decided to go and do just that in 2025 and so I'm going to read Keith a letter from the the mayor mayor La um that is directed to you and it it reads as follows dear Keith as mayor of Charlotte I want to take the opportunity to congratulate you on your retirement after a total of 40 Years of tireless work to enhance the lives of Charlotte residents you began your career with the city of Charlotte and dedicated 24 years of exemplary service working in several leadership positions within the City Planning Department helping to shape for helping to shape for good the growth and the development of our community by promoting a balance of sound planning initiatives with a proper regard for jobs and opportunities for Charlotte citizens during your tenure with the city you developed a reputation for thoughtfulness patience management skillfulness and a remarkable memory for the many details associated with rezonings and land use cases seeking new challenges you continued this commitment to Excellence in the area in the area of Planning and Development with an additional 16 years of service in the private sector as a land use consultant where you displayed the same tireless and patient work ethic culminating now in a total of 40 Years of tireless work to enhance the lives of Charlotte residence during your 40-year career you have been recognized not only for your professional accomplishments but also for your kindness and your warmth the lowkey uh determination and G and genuine good nature leaving a positive impression on colleagues clients and community members alike congratulations Keith on a career that supported the creation of housing initiatives advancement of community benefits the promotion of Economic Development initiatives that have left a lasting REM a lasting mark on the city of Charlotte and the entire region on behalf of the city we are grateful to you for your many years of commendable service to the Charlotte region and we genuinely wish you the best for a long and happy retirement Yours Truly signed by Alexander lyes please join in me [Applause] great hey Kei do the walk that's right yeah do the walk [Applause] yeah my friend thank you man hey I'm right behind you no li no she like I'm leave don't let come right behind you I didn't know good luck to you keth congratulations congratulations amazing wish I hadn't ignored your call so much now sorry wow ter excellent thank you Keith for your commitment to the city of Charlotte okay so now we will um begin the explanation of our zoning process and the process begins with applications submitted to the planning staff for review and there are two types of cases on the agenda we have decisions and we have hearings the decisions on cases for which a public hearing has been previously held and so there's no opportunity for further public comment the hearings um for any hearing and the staff will do a presentation on hearings W which which have no time limit at all and the petitioner who's in favor gets three minutes combined to present the case unless there are two um opportunities that occur one is that there's um opposition to speak or if staff is in opposition the petitioner will get 10 minutes the opponent will get 10 minutes combined and then the petitioner will get 2 minutes for a rebuttal if no one is opposed or or assigned to to speak then staff will provide a short presentation and uh the public hearing will be closed and we'll move on to the next one the petition goes to our zoning committee of Planning Commission for review and recommendation and on that note I'm going to hand it over to chair blumthal so he can introduce his committee thank you very much mayor protim good evening everyone um my name is Andrew Blumenthal I'm the chairman of the zoning committee of the Planning Commission allow me to introduce my fellow committee members I think there's at least one still in the back but everyone's here this evening we have starting right next to me teres McDonald Aaron Shaw Rick Wier Shaun o Neely Robin Stewart and then Clayton cely will be join joining us momentarily uh the zoning committee will next meet on Tuesday January 7th uh please note that was pushed back a week so that we were not meeting on New Year's Eve um at 5:30 p.m. at that meeting the zoning committee will discuss and make recommendations on the petitions that have public hearings this evening the public is welcome to attend that meeting however please note that it is not a continuation of these public hearings prior to that you are welcome to contact any of us to provide input all of our contact information and the information on each petition is on the city's website at Charlotte planning.org thank you mayor pres thank you Mr chair and with that we will begin um with the petitions that have had some deferrals and withdrawals and I will hand it over to you Mr Pon to speak to those great thank you mayor protim uh we've got several decisions and several hearings that have requested a deferral first um item is item number eight petition 202 24121 by uh the Charlotte planning design and development department and then item 15 2024-the uh both of those are requesting a deferral to our J January 21st uh 2025 meeting for a decision and then we have four public hearings requesting a deferral to January 21st 2025 as well and those are uh item 17 202 24-19 uh by Charlotte planning design and development on behalf of Mary Dominic uh item 18 202 24-11 by the Presbyterian Home at Charlotte Inc uh item 25 20241 02 by dford communities and then item 29 2024-25 ERS again all hearings uh all items both decision and hearing are requesting that deferral to January 21st of next year thank you sir is there a motion um to defer the two the two decisions and the four hearings as Mr penon has second all right all in favor raise hands any oppose that is unanimous we'll move on to the consent agenda items and the resoning petition it items 3 through 7 may be considered in one motion except for those uh items that are pulled by a council member um please note for these petitions the following criteria has been um successfully made there has been no public opposition for these petitions at the hearing the zoning committee recommended approval and there are no changes after the zoning committee's recommendation as well as staff recommend s the approval as well I will read the um the five uh consent agenda items but is there any consent agenda items that Council would like to pull for question comment or separate vote Miss Mayfield yes I would like four and five for a separate vote four and five okay all right um is there a motion to approve the following petitions and to adopt the zoning committee statement of consistency for each of these P petitions as they appear in our agenda as a council's own and I'll read them individually petition number 20242 petition number 2024 097 and petition number 20241 100 Rich ad and approve I have a motion and a second all in favor to approve the consent items please raise hands any oppose all right that is unanimous okay is there a motion to um to approve and adopt the zoning committee statement of consistency for petition number 2024 051 as it appears in our agenda so move second have a motion and a second is there any discussion Miss Mayfield thank you so for staff we had a discussion earlier but I wanted clarification this particular request is a petition proposing to allow either 144 multif family residential dwelling units or 144 hotel rooms within the existing buildings on the site so I wanted to get clarity on if we were to rezone this to the Innovation mixed use conditional you cannot have both so they can't have a hotel that's also you having space identified for rental so exactly why this particular language versus identifying either or hotel or multif family yeah certainly so you are correct they can't have both at the same time so it once it starts the conversion to multif family that's the direction it needs to go in uh but the language is there in the sense to make sure that they don't create a non-conformity through the rezoning and allow the hotel to still operate while they get through the process of starting the transition to multif family uh if they choose to do that so uh it just make sure that they can make any needed improvements do anything that they need to do while it's still a hotel before they start that transition uh they won't run into any challenges as a non-conforming use so under mixu Innovative mixu conditional if they do choose to go to multif family versus Hotel they would still be then consistent moving forward under our Udo policy they would not need to come back before coun correct so if if it operated let's say they converted to a multif family use you know sometime next year and that operated for 10 15 years if they decided that wasn't the direction they wanted to continue to go in they could convert back to a hotel uh but again they can have both going on at the same time so thank you you're welcome thank you any additional comment hearing none all in favor to adopt an improve and approve approve petition number 2024 051 please raise hands any oppose that is unanimous is there a motion to approve petition number 202495 and adopt the zoning committee statement of consistency um as it states in our agenda so move second there's a motion in a second any discussion Miss Mayfield one moment my system is moving slow so I wanted to understand this is a very narrow strip it's about 6.58 acres and this is over heading towards Whitewater and I want to ensure I believe my understanding is that this can be up to 30 units that can be on this particular development but we had some language in here earlier that gave the numbers as far as the potential traffic impact and that being 220 trips per day based on 19 dwelling units so if they were to go up to the 30 do we know what those potential trips would be and also do we have a traffic light or something that's going to help transition once residential is built over here uh I can't answer the traffic light question I'll defer that to our colleagues at se. I will say for the amount of total units there can be 30 buildings on the site those buildings could contain anywhere from a single family dwelling to a Triplex so it could be anywhere from 30 units to 90 units so that's hard to gauge uh you know what the actual outcome will be given that it's a conventional uh petition and they've got still go through Land Development they will analyze traffic and trips uh once they get a plan in and they understand how many units there are they would then do uh their calculations and determine if there's any mitigation that's needed uh but if sedot has anything to add I'll uh certainly turn it over to them just to make any clarifications Jay Carpenter at C do uh so for the estimates of trip generation at this stage we don't uh just because of what Dave mentioned is there can be you know uh somewhere uh some mix of units or or number of buildings um but it would based on the size of the parcel it would not be significantly higher than the 220 that was estimated for entitled maybe you know 300 um in that range but we don't have estimates for that without a site plan to analyze um as far as uh the improvements we we would analyze those in permitting for this size of development we wouldn't anticipate any external improvements traffic signals things like that um but at this point in the process we haven't uh looked at the the network as it's a conventional resoning we don't have a site plan to to analyze and estimate thank you thank you Miss Mayfield any additional questions hearing none all in favor please raise hands any opposed one is opposed Miss Mayfield thank you that concludes our consent agenda and we will move move forward with our non-consent decisions and um we will begin with agenda item number nine and Mr petton I believe there were some changes to uh agenda item number nine after the zoning committee that's correct yes so uh this petition by Horizon development did make uh one change after zoning committee they uh shown the proposed route of an 8ft pedestrian connection between the site and the ab budding site to the South which is uh petition 23039 which we'll hear in a couple of items uh so they just clarified uh where that connection uh from The Pedestrian standpoint would be going to that uh project just to the South by Northwood Raven so uh minor change from staff's opinion does not warrant additional review by the zoning committee and happy to take any questions move to not send back second okay I have a motion to not send back in second all in favor to not send back raise hands any oppose that is unanimous all right is there a motion to approve petition uh number 2023 023 by Horizon development properties and adopt the zoning committee's um statement as the as our own as it states in our agenda move to adopt and approve second all right any comment Mr barari thank you um and I'll I'll just generically have comments that I think will apply a lot to the next three rezonings you'll see as all of us are familiar with um this has been going on for a while and these three are very much part of a more macro View and approach that's happening in my district um I I would start by saying that um despite the fact that this has been going on for close to two years um for the size and magnitude of this uh I I am I am pleasantly surprised how little uh divisive kind of community Uprising is against something of this magnitude we all know no matter how great something is if it's big and it's happening in someone's backyard um that's that's a cause for concern in a lot of cases and I think that's a testament to the three combined development teams and the petitioners who have spent the better part of two years working closely collaborating with neighbors not everyone's items are always going to be able to make it uh in but I will say that this is one of the the better efforts that I've seen to really listen to communicate to stay up to date with all the neighborhoods and what's happened there um these combined three rezonings are close to 115 acres and it's a unique opportunity to revitalize an area that was developed over 60 years ago with new residential uses and mixed use neighborhood centers um it's going to replace in most cases deteriorated older buildings um and um really enhance active open space around that uh it's really importantly going to be not just a major Catalyst for that side of town it's going going to be an you know something that um is going to increase our housing stock overall something that's really important as we know for our city growing at the clip we are but also their focus to the affordable housing the park dedication all of those things are really important and then just final macro statement uh across all three um you know th this has been a substantial workload around the detailed Transportation study that occurred working with cot and n do uh over 22 area intersections access management improvements this Providence Road Corridor is a problem it has been a problem for a long time and we have just been in a spot of inability to address it so while the problem isn't going to go away overnight and while this will add more trips to that this is the first in my seven years being here substantial amount of public and private investment into that Corridor so the ball can get rolling down the road uh towards all of this and I think this is something that hopefully we can build upon um but I I just need to applaud everyone particularly the neighbors um who stayed engaged stayed so positive through this process uh for something this magnitude that is not normally seen so uh I will uh I will move forward with any other comments there and then we can go to vote thank you Mr barari Mr Mitchell yes uh Council in the write up access a horizon development properties but I just want you all to know this is a development by olivian so we like to thank olivan for your passion toward affordable housing and I know we have the CEO full to meet him here this evening uh thank you sir and we appreciate your commitment to affordable housing in our community thank you any additional comments hearing none all in favor to approve and adopt agenda item number nine as it states in our in our agenda raise hands any oppose Miss Mayfield is in opposition okay we will move on to agenda item number 10 and again Mr petton there are some changes y thank you mayor protim uh this petition also had changes after zoning committee this will be a a recurring theme we have quite a few of our decisions that that have to deal with these uh so this petition did make some changes uh position to reduce the maximum height for single family attached dwellings to 48 ft in any of the develop areas uh clarified that single family detached units are not proposed on the site uh eliminated transfer rights for single family detached units from Development Area a to e uh and again staff believes these changes are minor uh providing clarification and do not warrant any additional review by the zoning committee we'll take any questions you may have thank you Mo not send back second there's a motion not to send back in a second all in favor to not send back raise hands any oppose that is unanimous so is there a motion to to approve and adopt uh petition number 2023 038 by LaVine properties um as the zoning the zoning committee statement of consistency as it appears in our agenda move to adopt and approve second there's a motion in a second any comment Mr mcari yeah uh the same macro comments apply to all three of these but specifically for this one um this is a major revitalization of over 85 acres to replace 60-year-old deter ated buildings um from a road Improvement perspective as I've already mentioned specifically though uh new and improvements along Providence Road Sardis Lane old Providence Road intersections uh improv connectivity uh from Providence Road to Sardis Lane uh Providence Road access management improvements including new traffic signals consolidation of accesses and uh aside from the uh the generous buffers the sidewalks and and all of the uh great public open space that are going to incur uh with this project it includes 108 Workforce housing units and no Auto auto oriented uses or out parcels and this is without dipping into our Housing Trust Fund so um this is this is substantial and what's happening in this one and uh I would encourage my colleagues to support thank you Mr barari any additional comments Mr Driggs I just wanted to know quickly for one uh we should appreciate the willing willingness of the petitioner to make this very large investment in Charlotte it's beneficial to us and I and I say that particularly because there are hundreds of millions of dollars involved here and a great portion of that is going to go to higher people uh many of them lowincome people so the jobs alone from this are a major benefit and uh personally having seen a number of large scale developments in my district I I think it's a uh a great way to improve the City versus kind of peac meal developments so I look forward to supporting this thank you thank you Mr Driggs you know I was on an active construction site the other day and they said at their height over 700 employees are working on those sites a big deal so it is a big deal U from a hiring perspective any additional comments hearing none is is there we have a motion and a second to adopt and approve all in favor raise hands any opposed that is unanimous we will move on to agenda item number 11 and again Mr petton I'll hand it over to you great thank you uh 2023 039 by Northwood Raven again made a few changes after zoning committee uh they had specified the maximum number and type of dwelling units reach of the four development areas a through d uh there's a additional change that came uh shortly uh just before the meeting late this afternoon um that's not captured on the slide but they did reduce the overall Building height throughout the project to 80 ft uh and again sta believes the changes are minor and do not warrant additional review by the zoning committee thank you not send back second all right there's a motion to not send back in a second all in favor raise hands any opposed that is unanimous is there a motion to uh adopt and approve petition number 2023 039 by Northwood Raven um move to adopt and approved thank you is there a second yes all right there's a motion and a second Mr barari just a couple other additional comments here uh some of those benefits relocation of old Providence Road access points to align with the existing Street Network elimination of second access point to Providence Road Landscape buffers and wall commitments along the southern property line Jason to the River Oaks neighborhood uh proposed dedication of land for public park fronting Providence Road so these may seem like small things but when you aggregate them across all three of the petitions we've just seen and you see the size and Mass magnitude of what's Happening I'll just end my comments by saying um it's not often we get an opportunity to do something of this scale and magnitude impacting all the topics I mentioned in the beginning uh and I to the neighbors I I know this brings uh frustration and concern sometime you guys have worked for the better part of two years and by and large I can say that I have never seen something this large go so well and be such a connection to from the developer to the community so I'm just grateful for all of you developers all you communities members that have worked there it's certainly weighing the pros and cons of everything that's new and develops and and builds in our own backyards but I think everyone did a really great job uh coming to uh consensus and as you see with what we didn't send back making concessions even today uh and over the weekend for what neighbors were looking for so thank you thank you Mr Driggs uh I just wanted to recognize the work that Mr bikari has done on all our behalf uh to get us to this outcome uh I know from a couple of experiences of my own what it's like and uh think you've done a great job thank you appreciate it thank you Mr DS I I too want to Echo the SE sentiment uh for Mr B's work on this um this Corridor has not been touched in quite some time and the result of U this combination of resoning will really um illuminate this area and bring it up to date Mr barari so uh appreciate the work that you've done um to ensure that there will be positive impact along this Corridor any additional comments hearing none all in favor um to adopt and approve raise hands any opposed Miss Mayfield is in opposition thank you we will move on to agenda item number 12 and Mr petton once again it's over to you thank you yes uh 2024 059 again with some changes after zoning committee uh vehicular access to Timberlane was uh removed that was just for a uh it modified access but that's been removed now access is now being provided off of Sardis Road which is through a full movement access uh they did provide the tree survey that was requested after the zoning committee uh and showed the drip line of Heritage trees uh using that survey and then also removed a conditional note uh regarding the elimination of buffer requirement upon rezoning or Redevelopment of the adjacent site so any buffer would would be maintained uh regardless of any Redevelopment that would occur adjacent to the project uh staff believes the changes are minor do not war an additional review by the zoning committee and we'll be happy to take any questions do not send back second second there's a motion to not send back and a second all in favor raise hands any opposed that is unanimous okay do we is there a motion to approve uh petition number 2024 059 and adopt the zone committee statement of consistency as it appears in our agenda move to adopt and approve second all right there's a motion in a second Mr barcari this will conclude the district 6 portion of our evening um somebody's been working I mean everything just came together at this moment uh I will I will comment on this one to say uh the opposite of what I said for the last three which is I've never seen something that is so small be so contentious for such a long time uh with with so much friction um I I this is a unique one because um we had a lot of neighbors rightly so um upset by a number of factors here but with limited ability to do anything about it because of the potential bu right of uh opportunity of this this owner and petitioner to do something otherwise that the Udo allowed Now versus before so this was definitely one of the more unique ones and in fact probably took up almost as much time as the last three in my last year uh but I am happy to uh to relay I thought this was one that we were just I was going to have to take a no position on through the creativity of planning in Sea do uh the neighbors continuing in good faith to work and the petitioner coming together we actually were able to figure out how to thread the needle here and make sure most importantly to our neighbors uh in the timber area in Mammoth Oaks area that the the there wasn't a large amount of uh trips coming down a road that was not equipped to handle that uh both in the neighborhood both from you know fire and trash pickup and and a lot of other reasons so we figured that out I appreciate everyone's work because this one seemed like there was no solution but at the last minute we were able to come to an agreement that the neighbors came together and voiced their support the petitioner was willing to do staff and seop was willing to allow it so uh I would appreciate if you would join me um in supporting this tonight or if not just Annex all of this stuff into your districts and you could deal with it on the next go round any additional comment how can you follow that I well you know I can he hearing none all in favor please raise hands any opposed Miss Mayfield were you opposed that was quick I couldn't see it she was reluctantly supportive oh reluctantly extremely reluctantly okay wonderful that is unanimous okay we will move on to agenda item number 13 and Mr Penton I'll hand it over to you all right great thank you uh 2024 077 uh by the DRS group again had one change after zoning committee they revised the site plan to comply with the green area requirements of the Udo again staff believe the change is minor does not warrant additional review by the zone committee excellent is there a motion to not send back to zoning committee some oh second all right there's a motion and a second all in favor raise hands any opposed all right that is unanimous so is there a motion to approve petition number 2024 077 and adopt the zoning committee statement of consistency as it appears in our agenda some second second there is a mo a motion and a second any discussion Miss Brown any discussion hearing none all in favor raise hands any opposed that is unanimous okay we um item number 14 and 15 have been deferred um just 14 just 14 yeah that's that just was speaking with the clerk I miss read the item number I had the petition number correct 202 24083 by city of Charlotte uh but I read it as item 15 it is only item 14 so 15 is on the agenda for uh decision but we do have changes after for that one as well yes we do so we're on agenda item number 15 and Mr P I'll hand it over to you all right the changes portion of the meeting will continue and that was 202 24089 uh the changes they made after zoning committee was a lanscape plan being added uh which would depict the planning location of trees along Hovis Road and internal to the site within some of the parking areas there's also a note that came in uh shortly before the meeting as well that's not reflected on the slide uh and that was that they Pro they will provide an updated note stating that no building shall be closer than 15 fet from the property line of the adjacent homes along pinoca uh so there's some single families there along that road uh we did hear some feedback on that uh this afternoon uh from council member Mayfield and we did work with the petitioner to get those buildings moved off a little bit so again no building will be closer than 50 15 ft from those property lines they will provide a buffer as well uh within that 15 ft stat believe those changes are minor and would not warant additional review by the zoning committee move not to re time B second all right there's a motion to not send back in a second all in favor raise hands any oppose that is unanimous is there a motion to approve petition item 2024 89 and adopt the zoning committee statement of consistency as it appears in our agenda move approval second there's a motion and second any discussion Miss Mayfield thank you I would like to take the moment to thank the petitioners for accommodating that additional 15 ft for the current residents that live in the area and appreciate their willingness to adjust that as well as the additional amendments that they made right before our meeting thank you okay any additional comment hearing none all in favor raise hands any opposed that is unanimous and we will move on to the final uh decision item bring us home de of of the evening agenda item number 16 is there a motion to approve petition number 20241 01 and adopt the zoning committee statement of consistency as it appears in our agenda so moved second there's a motion and a second any discussion M Johnson thank you mayor protim so if you'll recall last month when we this went to or this came before us for hearing I I was somewhat concerned along with some other council members because of the density of the development this is near the boardwalk which is the mecca of District 4 so I think we have to be very conscientious in its highest and best use I've had the pleasure to speak speak with the developer and that developer has been truly committed to this area um th thus far they've contributed $6.6 million in in site work for new utilities and a new 12T multi-use path there's uh donation of over 460,000 along JW Clay for uh in the cash value for improvements uh in infrastructure and traffic there's an investment of 12.6 million for the renovation of the shopping Center across the street they led the financing and construction of our beautiful new library in The District in in the university area that's going to be opening early next year that this petition and development also strengthens the customer base it's going to strengthen the retail in that area so that's very important as we're growing um to take this balanced approach from a commercial and residential perspective they have University City partner support and if you're familiar with the novel university area those those are very high quality units and they've committed to that level of quality so um I'm honored to support this petition um I trust the commitment and the quality is going to be invested in the area thank you thank you Miss Johnson any additional comments Miss Mayfield thank you so I think I'm pretty consistent where I have a concerned with the number of multif family that we have and full transparency along with others I was going to be a no tonight for the fact of this request for this increase but I will take into consideration and I appreciate the district where having the conversation and identifying more opportunities for the community for this much larger plan for the development but I do think as a council we really need to have a conversation regarding what is happening with Charlotte water the conversations that we're having with access to water as we continue to approve these large scale multif family developments thank you Miss Mayfield Miss Brown so I want to say to um council member Johnson I definitely will be supporting you because I know the amount of work that you put into doing your work um kind of like myself and so I look forward to supporting you because it's it's hard work it's not easy and there's always going to be be some opposition um depending on what you're talking about specifically but I know that your homework and your research and your Outreach is transparent and is authentic so I look forward to supporting you on this thank you okay any additional comment hearing none all in favor raise hands any oppose that is unanimous and that will conclude the decision portion of our meeting and we will move forward with the hearings supposed to go but before we move forward with our hearings we're we're actually going to take an action as a council and the mayor's going to join us so okay um that's in the breakup right here right now yes yes so just bear bear with us for a minute or two here right yes here and we were start back with item number we will we will start with item number 19 yes this next section is an opposite of the Keith mcain one where we are asking Colin Brown to actually retire possible I think you're doing a great job in retirement already the mayor wrote a letter I will read it Dear Mr Brown I it's it's it's good to hear laughter in this group it's not often that we get a chance to have it and I'm really appreciate it it must be something about the season or it might be Mr barari who does it for us so um I wanted to um have an opportunity to address that the Charlotte City Council met today to discuss the appointment of an interim City attorney for the city of Charlotte and we have reached um a discussion around this and so may I have a mo to nominate the interim super interim attorney as our City attorney for the next six months do I have a motion uh I'd like to make a motion that we select uh Anthony Fox as our interim City attorney second second all right we have a motion and a second now I'll open for discussion is there any discussion hearing no discussion all in favor please raise your hands one two 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 all opposed please raise your hand three so that motion passes um the new City attorney will be coming in effective January the 1st we look at him as he will have a contract for six months and we will be beginning the search and have already beg to look for an permanent person to do this job for us as well as for the city citizens of this community and so thank you very much for everyone we will now move on to the next zoning item thank you thank you mayor and uh we will now proceed with the hearing portion of our meeting and we will begin with item number 19 U resoning petition 2024 047 by Heaven properties located approximately 12.77% of Harris Houston Road East of kford Road and West of atoria drive and district for Miss Johnson's District the current zoning is n1a proposed zoning is in N1 DCd staff recommends approval of this petition upon resolution of outstanding issues related to site building design and environment and after staff's presentation um Miss danana Smith and rohet Patel will'll have 10 minutes and then we have opposition masera yval Joseph Lewis and Lauren spite will have 10 minutes as well thank you great thank you mayor PRM uh 202 24047 that's just under 13 acres off Harris Houston Road uh the existing zoning is n1a and as mentioned the proposed zoning is for n1d conditional uh the adopted Place type in this area uh is neighborhood one so the request is consistent with the adopted land use policies uh the proposal is for up to 76 duplex units uh they would be located in 38 buildings uh those buildings would have a maximum Building height of 40 ft they would install an internal network of public streets with on street parking also connect those to Harris Houston Road uh and U ra rygate Road excuse me I thought it was an l rygate Road also installs a 6ft sidewalk for planning strip along the frontage on Harris Houston uh they are providing open space beyond the minimum requirements uh 15.7% of common open space and 16.5% green area uh again those requirements are at least 10% and 15% respectively uh they are providing a Class B 30ft buffer uh along neighborhood one place types uh so when they are uh again adjacent to those single family uh neighborhoods they are providing that class B uh 30ft landscape yard uh they are providing some design requirements uh for recesses of garage doors uh and also are considering the incorporation of front porches against some of those private uh streets and public streets also notes that all corner and end units uh will have a porcher stoop that wraps around the building uh to provide a little bit more of a frontage and identifies the existing Pond uh that's on the site to be converted into uh a storm water uh Pond there so again staff does recommend approval of this petition do have some outstanding issues related to site and building design Transportation uh and environment to work through it is consistent uh with the 2040 policy map recommendation for neighborhood one uh and we'll be happy to take any questions following uh presentations by both the petitioner and the community thank you thank you is Miss is devona Smith here and rohet Patel yes can you come down to the uh Podium please and because there's opposition you will have 10 minutes and I will ask that uh Sarah you Paul Joseph Lewis and Lauren spite are you present excellent if you can just make your way over here as well so we can move you can actually come down on this Podium um to this Podium here so we can just move in an expeditious Manner and the two of you you can step to that Podium and once you begin you will have 10 minutes in aggregate okay thank you whatever you're ready yes thank you for giving this opportunity to present our project uh we try to make it uh 76 units that can be uh similar to that area uh with a duplex building uh as they explained like maximum 40 ft height we are looking twostory uh duplexes uh and uh we try to make it uh existing site like not disturbing too much keep the existing Pond and try to work around that uh Pond and I'm open to answer any questions uh they have thank you hello I am Deana Smith the engineer working on this project and I will take us through the slide presentation um if you could move to the next slide so as mentioned this is um located right along Harris Houston we are proposing an n1d uh conditional zoning spefic specifically using the compact development that is part of the new Udo uh next slide please um this is just a quick presentation of the site plan um surrounding the area there is a lot of single family so we are looking to bring variety of uh housing units into this area so the proposed layout is uh for duplex units as previously discussed next slide please uh some of the larger topics that were brought up from community members in the community meeting were regarding these following items density landscape buffer and amenities next slide regarding the density um we obviously as I just expressed we are proposing using the compact residential which has been added into the new new Udo uh we originally were going for the Conservation District but um based on uh the changes that were recently made that was not an option for us so we have adjusted to use the compact residential specifically to be able to uh make accommodations based off of the stepb backs that are that are allowed in that um in that uh zoning and uh if you go to the next slide you'll see that despite us using the compact development uh n1d zoning we are exceeding the actual minimum lot widths um for this area so it's not specifically uh using you know as trying to squeeze in as many as we can we are actually exceeding some of those minimum requirements um we are also if you go to the next slide exceeding the minimum buffer requirements it was expressed that we are providing 30 foot landscape yards um that is an excess uh of the required 25t landscape yards and that is also so that we're able to use that as common open space uh counted toward common open space areas in some places um and then also next slide you'll see that a large part of the perimeter being shown of the property is actually undisturbed tree lines so some of the concerns that community members expressed was the buffering um and what that would look like um for the neighboring uh single family properties and you'll see that on the Western Property Edge majority of that uh property line is going to be undisturbed it's behind that uh utility easement and then about 50% of that Eastern property Edge is also going to be undisturbed and moving on to the next slide um another uh idea that was brought up was the concern about the amenities um just generally in this area we are providing as you can see in the next slide a central common open space that'll be in the middle of the development and we are also providing uh pedestrian connectivity um not only to connect to the uh neighboring proper in internal to the site but also drawing that connection along Harris Houston Road based on the road improvements to meet The Collector standard thank you thank you okay um did you are you done with your presentation excellent so the three of you can step up to the mic you'll have uh 10 minutes in aggregate um to express your concerns I ask that you just announce state your name before you begin speaking thank you okay good afternoon my name is Sarah I lived in this area in that area for over 20 years and um my concern is traffic it's been getting worse throughout also because of the P Pavilion um PNC Ampitheater but with the uh new developments that have been pupping up so my concern is traffic you're trying to build 76 units that's around 152 vehicles on a two-lane traffic that's Harris Houston Road so I want to know what's going to be done for that that's my concern thank you hello um my name is Joseph Lewis and I'm res representing the Houston Hills HOA which this development is planned to connect to I'm here to express my opposition to the prop uh prop proposal 2024 047 The Proposal which concerns the development of the new community has raised numerous concerns among the residents of our neighborhood first and foremost I must highlight the lack of communication from the developer despite multiple attempts to reach out and discuss implications of this proposal we've received no response this lack of Engagement particularly is trouble in giving the significant impact the development will have on our community in particular it is also important to note that developers failed to fill their obligation to initiate community meeting with Houston Hills natur HOA neighborhood the meeting was only discovered by a contact in another Community reaching out to our HOA the new development will be directly connected to Houston Hills yet there is a limited effort to engage with our community as required though the documents will note they attempted to communicate to our neighborhood and address the address and contact information was used was for another Community altogether this lack of communication transparency is unacceptable and undermines the trust we have in the planning process one of the most pressing issues is the anticipated increase in traffic as previously mentioned previous traffic Studies have shown that excess excessive speeding is persistent problem on kempsford Drive which is set for 25 M hour average speeds are approaching 40 m hour yet no measures have been accepted by the city do to install speed Comming devices the addition of the new community which will connect and have access to chemsford will only EXA exagerate this issue putting the safety of our residents at greater risk is also too important to note there's a community playground that is owned by Houston Hills HOA on kford which is directly impacted by this speeding of traffic additionally speaking of traffic the PNC Amphitheater and the increased traffic on Houston Hills following two recent developments and the change of traffic flow from Harris Houston to 49 with a right turn only there's often significant traffic backup on Harris Houston 2 Pavilion impacting resident ability to commute freely adding 529 more trips from this development will only further this in attempting to work Charlotte do the decision remains no traffic light will be installed at that intersection furthermore the new community lacks its own amenities though they do discuss that there are amenities this is not typically what a community would consider amenity just open Play Space this will uh inevitably lead to increased utilization of the existing amenities in our community which includes a playground and Pavilion space our community amenities are already well used and the additional strain from new residents will diminish the availability and quality for our current residents increasing our cost to maintain and operate them developer has not built any infrastructure into their plant to account for this community amenities another concern is the absence of planned Community signage to clearly delineate the new development from our existing neighborhood again referencing rygate Road proper signage is crucial for maintaining the identity and cohesion of our communities and the current proposal fails to address this need this is also an issue with the plan structures we are all for additional housing in the community it is well needed however this is all single family homes in this area the Only Exception is one outparcel Community which was built there are rental tow houses that Community does not connect to any other existing Community lastly I want to express my frustration with some of the council members and that we have tried to contact over this time where we have also not receiv received any reply it does compound the issues that we're experiencing and the frustration our community continues to exhibit inclusion I this proposal represents numerous problems that have not been adequately addressed the increase in traffic The Strain on community amenities the lack of communication and the absence of proper signage all contribute to my and the community's strong opposition to this proposal I urge the council to reconsider the and to work towards a solution that truly serves the best interest of all of our community members thank you thank you and you have a little over five minutes left good evening um Lauren Spate and I'm an adjoining property owner to the proposed development uh so first of all good evening um I'd like to say thank you to the city planning staff and council member Johnson for their responsiveness to my inquiries during the uh review process I am speaking against the project however um I do observe the project has implemented some recommendations and requirements from City staff and from the community uh meeting that I believe will improve the experience uh for existing residents and new residents of the proposed Community some of these improvements include the vegetated buffers between the existing and proposed developments an amenity area in the new develop vment and above buffer long Harris Houston I understand the proposed use and structures are anticipated and encouraged by the city's 2040 plan um however I am against development because I believe the city should better commit through funding to improved infrastructure to serve the new development if this type of development is encouraged through the adopted plans um I won't go over the traffic comments I'll move ahead to other items so with regarding the 10-minute neighborhood requirement of the 20 240 plan amenities such as grocery stores restaurants gas stations Andes already exist in the area surrounding the proposed project however there are woefully inconsistent and insufficient pedestrian and bike facilities along Harris Houston and Pavilion um this project and the three to four most recent developments along Harris have been subject to regulations requiring the installation of sidewalk along Harris Houston uh previous developments were seemingly not required per the development requires at the time to install pet or bike fa facilities leaving gaps in the current Network um if if D developments are proposed the city should allocate funds to Capital Improvement projects to complete pedestrian and bike facilities along Harris Houston and Pavilion when considering resoning petitions there should be activated Green Space either constructed or within relative walking proximity to the proposed project there is no public park within a quarter mile and the nearest section of Greenway is not anticipated to be complete until the third quarter of 2028 most specific to the plan layout um is my comment about the amenity area as previously mentioned um I believe that the details of that area are going to be evaluated during the construction plan review process but to the extent possible I would urge there is a condition that the amenity space is activated with specific requirements um beyond that of a bench or a Pergola um so that this is not just a leftover patch of grass for pet relief um and that's all thank you thank you uh you two will have a two-minute rebuttal if you'd like to use it first of all I apologize not getting back with you on the concerns uh uh we had the neighborhood meeting and uh ameni concern was brought up that time uh but we were not sure how the planning going to work out with the city so we have plenty of space to do the amenities for our neighborhood so hopefully that will not impact their neighborhood uh we have access from Harris Houston and the secondary access through that other neighborhood so I'm not a traffic expert but we try to give direct access to Harris Houston to avoid the challenge uh and we have plenty of buffer around the existing houses to give the Privacy that was one of the concern and we tried to address that as well uh and we Tred to work with the city to address other concerns and the neighbors to whatever concerns they had how we can address those but traffic is the one that I don't think we can have control over uh thank you okay I will open it up for comments or questions Miss Johnson thank you mayor protim and and thank you to the residents that took the time to to come out this evening and thank you Dave for being at the podium um we spoke about this earlier this week I spoke to Dave an Allison and one of the things I always talk about for the last several years is cumulative impact and this is one of those petitions where the residents really feel the cumulative impact of what's going on in this area um if you look at the Charlotte mecklinburg Schools uh Stony Creek remains at 104% and Julius Chambers High remains at 137% of capacity with this petition but what we have to consider is the petitions that have been approved that are uh pending or recently approved and on the on Page Six in our zoning books there are three there are two other positions petitions and that's the 20211 187 and 20274 so I would love to see the the impact or the cumulative impact or the impact on schools as we consider those petitions along with this one Harris Houston is a two-lane Highway that those residents suffer from the concert traffic you know so we have to consider those and so I've asked Dave if if if he has some information on infrastructure improvements in that area or traffic improvements in that area that are pending yeah we uh certainly can see if there's any um any any projects pending no uh we we can look at into that I did let seedot know they do have to do a little bit of research uh to see if there's any other Transportation projects like you said we do have a project just south of this uh that may include some items just related to their own project but we'd have to do a little bit of a a deep ER dive into it to see if there's any improvements on the books and we can provide that to you in a followup okay thank you so yeah I mean I've pressed for infrastructure discussion and balanced Improvement and strategic Improvement and this is one of those the petitions and I understand from a petitioner perspective you all see it from a I guess I don't want to say a siloed approach but you're looking at your petition but the residents they feel the impact of this growth so I'd like to take a look at this from a cumulative perspective and see what improvements can be made also if there's another meeting that you all can have with the community so that they feel heard I think that would be awesome I can participate in the meeting I I believe your community meeting I did have another um commitment but we certainly can have another meeting and um yeah I I'd like to Harris Houston I mean you all have been over there it's a two-lane highway it's it's kind of swervy and just a lot of traffic the and the concerts I talked to Dave excuse me Mr petton and and to our planning director we have to do something we can't just continue to to develop and not not respond so I hope you understand and um I look forward to meeting with the community members thank you for coming out move to close second move second all right there's a motion to close public hearing a second all in favor raise hands any oppose that's unanimous thank thank you we will move on to uh petition number 2024 87 by pouth Holdings LLC the location is approximately 6.8 Acres located on the north side of Greer Road the southside of Rocky River Road and East of laning bay place and district for Miss Johnson's District the current zoning is in 1A proposed zoning is in 2 ACD staff recommends approval of this petition and after staff's presentation may I ask is Miss Daisy Ramirez okay wonderful um after staff's presentation um Nolan Mr panel and Miss Mingo will have 10 minutes and Miss Ramirez you will have 10 minutes thank you great thank you uh 202 24087 6.8 Acres on Greer Road in Rocky River um just a little bit West of REI Creek Nature Preserve uh the property is currently zoned um and n1a and the proposed zoning is for n2a conditional uh the policy map does recommend neighborhood one in this area uh and it is across from a large area designated for parks and preserves uh the site plan is for up to 70 multif family attached dwelling units uh they would provide a 12ft multi-use path and an 8ft landscape strip along Rocky River Road in Greer Road uh also an 8ft sidewalk and 8ot uh planning strip along uh the public road that would provide access to the site that's Public Road one uh also commits to restripe Greer Road uh to provide a three-lane section along the site's Frontage uh as well as upgrades to the ramps at the corner of Greer Road and Rocky River to accommodate shared use path upgrades uh upgrades to the existing bus stop to an ADA Compliant bus pad with bench uh would also limit height of buildings to 48 ft tall as well as provide some architectural details uh for those residential units uh again staff does recommend approval this petition we do not have any outstanding issues uh and we'll be happy to take any questions following protim members of city council and the zoning committee Nolan gross with Urban Design Partners representing penth Holdings LLC on resing petition 202 24-87 Dave thank you for the thorough staff report go ahead and jump ahead here you can see our 6.8 Acre Site located at the corner at the intersection of Greer Road and Rocky River Road the site is directly across from the REI Creek Park Community Garden as Dave mentioned the site is currently zoned neighborhood 1A we are requesting to rezone to n2a conditional for up to 70 town home dwelling units the Charlotte future 2040 policy map does identify the site as neighborhood one however there are policy implications that do support a neighborhood 2 zoning on site here's our rezoning site plan I'll jump ahead to our rendered version again this is proposing up to 70 multif family attached town home dwelling units I want to reiterate these are for sale town home dwelling units capped at two stories each with a two-car garage and driveway parking space there's also 18 visitor spaces at the northeastern corner of the site as Dave mentioned there are a myriad of Transportation improvements be it at Ada a cat's Ada bus stop on Rocky River Road and a 12T shared use path surround ing the frontages of the site along rear Road and Rocky River Road thank as part of the 12 the 12ft shared youth path expansion we are also committed to offsite improvements so we'll be extending the shared use Path West of the site along rear Road approximately 430 linear feet connecting to the adjacent development to ensure there's walkability and bikeability across Greer to the intersection where you could then cross to the South and access Rey Creek [Applause] Park with that being said I'm happy to answer any questions that you might have following any additional commentary or opposition thank you you do have seven minutes left if by one if Miss M would like to speak Antoinette Mingo representing the council District 4 Community Coalition and I'm speaking for this project for one reason the 430t uh extension of sidewalk that originally there would have been a gap so we we appreciate that we we met with um Mr panel and staff on December 4th at our regular meeting and we appreciate the fact that these will not be rental housing and there will be something written in the CCN RS to limit the number of um homes that any one entity can own and rent and also a limit of 20% um 20% uh rental spaces rental houses in that area so I am just here to say that I'm for the uh project it's sounds like a good project we all agreed that was a good project as far as we're concerned and so that's all I have to say thank you for the opportunity to speak thank you Miss Migo Miss RZ you have 10 minutes hi um you won't be that long I mean my our Our concern I'm part of the HOA along with my uh friends here um mostly Our concern is traffic the area is very crowded especially during rush hour we have the school we have the park the intersection is always crowded um also the noise and privacy concerns I've been living right across where they plan to to to build where the tree area is I've been there for about 18 years never had any issues with with with anything it feels like a community um like a a neighborhood where I feel safe at um with this is something that I I don't and I know my neighbors don't feel so that safety will be as as well as it is now um because of it's going to be 70 houses that's I don't know I meanless 70 more people 70 more cars just to say the least um that's another reason that we're opposed to it also we're concerned about property values uh they're going to be building town homes that maybe are not going to be um with good material like like actual single house will be that might impact our homes um the well like I said the loss of Community Field that we have as of right now uh as of right now there's no like random people walking around the area uh with something like this I will feel unsafe that somebody can just access through the woods and go through my backyard and just try to break into my home um that's probably that's about it just that's mostly our concerns for everyone that lives in that inside of the the neighborhood and also the lack of communications like nobody received a letter but just the five houses that are are being impacted directly and you know that's all I have okay thank you you you all have a two-minute rebuttal if you would like to utilize it all right thank you so I'll start off with noise and privacy you know we're our goal and the developers goal is to be a good neighbor our tree save the green area is located at the western edge of this site abing the existing single family home so there's over 100 ft of existing tree foliage that will remain and there's over 200 there's approximately 250 ft from the nearest town home to the nearest single family home in the abing neighborhood uh property values so these will be semi-custom Town Homes this is not a run-of-the-mill town home Community uh potential buyers will be able to come in select fan higher end finishes uh from the builder at which point the units will be developed and also we you know our goal is to bolster the community and encourage walkability and connectivity which is why we have committed to the offside Improvement of the share use path happy to answer any questions thank you any comment Miss johnon thank you to to both residents who who came out Miss Mar Ramirez and also to miss Mingo thank you thank you for the work that you've done in leading the District 4 Coalition um it it seems though and I want to thank Paul panel also I know he's worked closely with the coal I um and that brings me back to miss Mingo thank you for maintaining the standards and and raising the bar for development in District Four I I I find so thank you um the the for sale limit limiting the number of rental in the area the 12T multi-use path the visitor parking the walkability the sidewalk those are great great concessions I would if you're able to um if if you can meet with Miss Ramirez again um Mr panel I know you've met with her or talked to her um and also for City staff if there were only five homes that were were notified yeah if we can find out why if that was because they're rentals I know we've talked as a coun we've spoken as a council how are we going to improve our communication but this is another example so let's make sure we address that thank you for bringing that to our attention um but as far as privacy the there's a tree buffer and uh the distance between the units I don't know if a a fence was considered I think that there was if there's anything that we can do for that adjoining neighborhood um I'm I'm happy to help you work with the developer for this petition okay thank you move to close thank you I have Miss Mayfield and then we'll motion to close and then Miss Brown Miss Mayfield Miss Brown thank you for the petitioner I do appreciate um The District representative asking you to reach back out because it is concerning to know that our residential homeowners were not in communication did I miss what are the amenities for this development you're going to build a town home Community that's right in between a residential neighborhood what are the amenities for this town home Community yeah so the predominant amenity is the existing reer Reed Creek Park which is across the street so if I can this probably doesn't have a laser at the existing intersection of Greer Road and Rocky River Road there is a pedestrian signalized Crossing so people would be able to utilize the the 12T shared youth shared use path go to the signalized intersection and then safely cross the street to utilize the existing Park okay so just for me it was mentioned earlier in the petition I think we have a disconnect of what we see as an actual amenity staff and previous Council put a lot of energy and discussion in Udo if we talk about 10-minute neighborhoods and talk about neighborhood continuity and having walkability and accessibility that's great if you have something to walk to but as someone one that's actually living that may be purchasing into the town home Community when I was asking what amenities there are because I'm just going to make an assumption it's probably going to be a market rate development which I support the idea of us having more home ownership versus rental but also thinking about long-term if I don't know crazy thought I just think there would come a time that people actually want to have people over at their home or actually want to get out during Springtime summertime or actually want to have a gathering space with their neighbors if they if you were to try to actually build a community or have some type of gathering space for the residents when we're looking at development looking at a comprehensive development that will be successful long term but I was just making sure I didn't miss it thank you thank you thank you Miss Brown thank you so much Madam May ptim to um Mr Mar Maris and uh Miss Mingo thank you so much you do a lot of great work in the community I was wondering if there was some type of connection where you could work together we are very concerned when residents come up and they are against petitions your voice is heard is what I'm saying and so we just want to see if there's some type of connection that you can work with other the coalition to see if we can meet your needs at a meum sometime on come ground where everybody could be okay um there may be a a little bit more dissatisfaction in one area versus the other but when residents come and they've been long-term residents living in the area for 18 years your your your voice matters your concern matters and so although we have a coalition of people that lead in that district and in that area we also want you to know as residents that come in that may be com in in small numbers that your voice is echoed and is heard as well so sometimes they're you know tough decisions and how you come about on common ground and how we can move forward but I've worked with Miss U Mr L and grace before and he does amazing work and District 3 is really growing at a at a at a rapid Pace just like district four but they are open to working and making sure they can come up with some type of resolution for you so just know that your voice your voice is being heard and thank you for coming out and always come out when you feel like you want to be heard or you want to lead um on a different side of the spectrum where everything is not at equal balance always come out and speak to be heard so that's what these meetings are for and uh we take it very seriously so I just want to say thank you so much for coming out you're very welcome thank you Miss Johnson thank you and thank you council member Brown you brought up a great point about the Coalition the Coalition is it's a group of neighborhoods it's you're not excluded from that Coalition so make sure that you meet miss m go and get some information it's a fairly new group and it's a coalition of of neighborhoods and residents in District 4 that's and it's open to all so make sure you get that information so you you all are engaged as well okay thank you okay thank you I had a motion to close public Hearing in second all in favor raise hands any oppose that is unanimous thank you thank you Miss Mingo for coming out as well we'll move on to a agenda item number 21 petition number 2024 088 by children's Klein the location is approximately 15. 98 Acres located along the north side of rexord road south of Wickersham Road and West of colony in district 6 Mr Bard's District the current zoning is 015 CD proposed zoning is R aex st recommends approval of this petition upon resolution of outstanding issues related to Transportation site and building design and after staff's presentation Miss Grant will have three minutes thank you yes petition 2024 088 is located along the north side of Rexford Road South of Wickersham Road and West of Colony Road sized approximately 15.9 acres is currently developed with two Office Buildings current zoning is 05 CD office conditional which is a legacy zoning District the proposed zoning is R aceex Regional Activity Center exception the 2040 policy map recommends the regional Activity Center Place type for the site and the RAC district is consistent with the RC Place type the proposal calls for up to 675 multif family residential units and 277,000 ft of office as well as up to 3,000 ft of commercial uses including Restaurant Fishers is requesting fiveyear vested rights site is divided into four development areas blocks 1 2 3 and four um blocks 1 two and three may allow for up to 675 multif family dwelling units and up to 200,000 ft of office and a portion of the 3,000 ft of commercial uses um development limitations and conversion rights are outlined um in the plan block four contains an existing 77,000 Square ft foot office building which will remain on the site up to 200,000 ft of office may be converted into up to 300 multif family residential dwellings at a rate of one dwelling unit per 667 squ ft of office space office to residential conversions shall be limited to block one uh the requested ex Provisions um specify that the specify requirements uh for public benefits and this includes sustainability and public amenity out by article 37 of the Udo the petitioner will construct all new residential buildings to National Green Building standards or the equivalent and they will create a publicly accessible open space that exceeds ordinance requirements the following exceptions are requested ex provision to article 12.3 pointd um block four is bound on by three frontages um and these three frontages will be allowed to utilize the open space provision uh that may substitute for a percentage of the building width requirement along a frontage open space will be a minimum of 50 ft in depth along public Street a it will be uh 20 ft in depth along Rexford and public Street B and but if there's a retaining wall placed here on public Street B um they may be it may be rused to 10 ft if it's accompanied by enhanced land escaping ex ex provision to article 12.3 pointd minimum ground floor height of residential buildings may be reduced to 12 ft may be reduced from 12T to 10t 8 in KNX provision to 12.3g point2 due to topography 15% of the residential ground floor entrances within 10 ft of the back of sidewalk um are normally required to be between 1 and 5 ft above or 1 and 33 ft below sidewalk grade um and 85% of them will comply with this standard but 15% will not he ex provisioned article 19.6 Point a. 2.a which is surface parking located within block four will be located behind open space is outlined in the first ex provision rather than behind an established setback as block four is an existing building site and the ex ex provisioned article 19.7 c.2 block one will have 30% ground floor activation along secondary Frontage which is Street a block three will have 30% ground floor activation along both a primary and a secondary Frontage and the Udo requires 90% ground floow activation for a primary Frontage and 60% for a secondary the proposes the following site and building design standards maximum height of buildings are as follows building shall be limited to 65 ft within the first 200 ft of the northern property boundary which is adjacent in1 Place type blocks two and three are limited to 100 ft in height and block one and four shall meet the standards of the ordinance petitioner will provide a Halfacre public amenity on the site um that may include retail kiosks um the number of principal bu buildings will not exceed four including the existing building within block four the minimum 20t setback and 8 um with an 8ft sidewalk and 8ft planning strip will be provided along the sight's frontage with Rexford Road minimum 20ft setback will be provided along all primary frontages um and a 16t setback along all secondary frontages internal to the street Network a 100ft no build Zone and potential green area will be provided within 100 ft of the northern property boundary adjacent N1 25t Class B buffer yard will be provided along sight's Eastern Frontage adjacent to the N2 Place type staff recommends approval this petition upon resolution of outstanding issues related to transportation and site and building design the site is primarily surrounded by non-residential developments in the immediate area and relatively little little housing proposed plan would increase the number and variety of housing types in the area um most of the site is currently underutilized and developed as surface parking lots and the sites within a short walk bus or bike ride um to dining shopping and uh groceries within the surrounding Regional activ Center and is adjacent to the proposed route of the South Park loop trail I'm happy to take any questions following Miss Grant presentation thank you Miss Grant good evening mayor proam members of council members of the zoning committee Bridget Grant I'm the land use consultant with morian Van Allen I'm pleased to be here tonight with Fred Klein and Gareth Scott with children's Klein Max did a phenomenal job on his presentation so I'm not going to duplicate his efforts or repeat um council member bikari we are happy to continue continue your role on positive efforts we appreciate staff support on this resoning and we are pleased to come here tonight with letters of support from span the South Park area neighborhoods as well as from South Park Community Partners um it's been an effort that's gotten us to this point with great collaboration with the community I think those letters of support really speak to the significant and meaningful open space on our site as well as a context sensitive design to our adjacent neighbors and with that I'm happy to answer any questions thank you any comment Mr mcari I just to say um you guys have done a lot of offline work to get those uh collaborative uh letters of support I think now that we've got this out in the open in the public hearing let's see if we hear any oneoff other views and things like that from Individual neighborhoods and just make sure we address those one at a time so that we can uh hopefully come with a um a singular ask from all sides thank you Mo close second there's a motion to close public hearing and second all in favor raise hands any oppose that is unanimous we will move on to agenda item 22 petition number 2024 96 by2 200 e27 LLC the location is approximately 1.06 Acres located along the southwest side of East 27th Street the southeast of North Trion and north of North Bard Street and district one my district the current zoning is ml2 proposed zoning is IMU after staff recommends this this petition and after staff's presentation Mr Ferguson will have three minutes thank you thank you this site is 1 acre located along 26th Street just southeast of nor Trion there this area if you're familiar with has undergone a lot of changes to convert these industrial buildings uh to mixed uses similar to Camp North and that we have just to the west of the site there are also a number of recently entitled multif family projects in close proximity to this property the site is currently zon manufacturing Logistics to and the petitioner is proposing Innovation mixed use and that is consistent with the PM's recommendation which calls for Innovation mixed use at this site as well as much of the surrounding area apologies this is a conventional petition with no Associated site plan and staff recommends approval the existing ml2 zoning is not reflect of the area shifting development Trends as well as our policy goals to facilitate mixed use developments in previously industrial areas and the requested ime District would bring the site into consistency with the policy map it would be well serviced by various modes of transportation and it is in walking distance to a couple commercial areas which helps to further support the IMU request and the imus's district intent to blame commercial residential and mix use projects that prioritize adaptive reuse of structures and I'll take any questions following petitioner comments thank you Mr Ferguson thank you mayor protm council zoning committee Russell Ferguson here on behalf of the petitioner it's 20027 LLC um proud to stand here and represent this petition it's uh a policy a conventional resoning that's in line with the 2040 policy plans uh it it's supported by planning staff it's without any known opposition um it speaks right with its goal to adaptably reuse the buildings there it speaks exactly to what IMU was made for which is this transition from industrial into uh mixed use environment and there's a lot going on in these blocks and we my petitioner petitioner looks forward to being a part of it and I'll take any questions you may have thank you Mr Ferguson um and I know you and I have spoken about this one I just uh anytime I see no one uh attended the public hearing um I get a little bit concerned about the public meeting so can you speak to that a little bit yeah I think so this area doesn't abut any residential any any existing res presidential that's within the area the notice areas uh and there's really kind of a handful of of developers u in the area of several of whom are my clients uh so I have spoken to people that have interest in the areas they just didn't attend the meeting okay okay just want to make sure that uh as many people know about it as possible any additional comments motion to close public hearing all right all in favor raise hands any oppose that's unanimous excuse thank you we thank you we will move on to agenda item number 23 petition number 20 2498 by Helix holding LLC the location is approximately 375 Acres located along the north side of the plaza uh west of East Jugger Creek Road and East of sweet Brier Street in District One my district the current zoning is ml2 proposed zoning n2b staff recommends approval of this petition and after staff's presentation Mr carmichel will have three minutes thank you thank you located just east of noce core the0 3.8 Acre Site is along a portion of the plaza that contains a real range of residential commercial and institutional uses there are adjacent areas with industrial zoning along the railway but generally uh this area is also that split zoning across the four Lots by rezoning the rear of the parcels that are mml2 to Neighborhood 2B to match the remainder of the site though the majority of these Parcels are already zoned into B they're all designated as neighborhood one on the 204 2040 policy map and that's as a result of the existing single family structures on the site and this petition is inconsistent with that neighborhood one recommendation and if approved would change the place type to Neighborhood 2 but again it corrects that split zoning to bring the entire property under one designation it is a conventional petition so there is no sight plan staff recommends approval the existing ml2 devel vment and Zoning does not align with the res residential uses Envision for this site and the resoning May create a more preferred Land Development pattern and it would be compatible with surrounding uses as well as prescribed Place Types on our policy map and I will take any questions following partitioners comments thank you Mr carmichel thank you Madame mayor members of city council and the zoning committee I'm John carmichel here on behalf of the petitioner with me tonight is James Lawrence so the petitioner um M Kramer did a really good job of going through the details but I do do want to give you show you an aerial that provides a little more context excuse me I can't get this oops sorry so the site is about 4/10 of an acre it comprises the rear portions of four Parcels of land that are near the intersection of the plaza and East Sugar Creek Road uh this is an aerial that shows that the Roni site is in purple here and then these are the four Parcels located on the north side of the plaza it's it's pretty faint um mayor Pro 10 but it's in purple so uh the rest of the site that fronts the plaza is already zoned n2b as is a parcel to the east that's also owned by the petitioner there's some n2b zoning across the plaza from uh the resoning site there's some office and Commercial General and then the church located to the west of the site is Zone n2b but also has um some ml2 zoning as well but the request as Holly stated to reone the site to n2b so that the entirety of these Parcels will be located in one zoning District if the resoning request is approved um we're happy to answer any questions we appreciate the plan staff's favorable recommendation and once again thank you for your consideration thank you Mr carmichel I I could tell you uh that's a very active uh part of District One and I've not received any negative or derogatory comment so uh it's good that the community is aware of what's going on here yes and and to that point if I might the um we did have a neighborhood meeting one gentleman who lives across the plaza came but then we went and met with the Nota community on November 5th and December 3rd good so we've gone to two of their meetings so they're they're aware of it excellent thank you any additional comment motion to close public hearing second all in favor raise hands any post all right that's unanimous and Mr Carmichael you can hang on with us for agenda item number 24 petition number 202499 by mecklinburg County the location is approximately 24.75 Acres located on the Eastern end of kangel Av east of Sharon emdy Road and West of WT Harris Boulevard and District 5 Miss Molina's District the current zoning is m M L1 and ml2 proposed zoning ic2 CD staff recommends approval of this petition and after staff's presentation Mr carmichel will again have three minutes thank you the site is just shot 25 acres and it's located west of tantela Circle north of Kimberly Glen Lane East of Sharon Amy Road site is wooded and surrounded by a mix of multif family residential single family residential and Commercial uses current zoning is ml1 and ml2 proposed zoning is ic2 as institutional campus 2 conditional the 2040 policy map recommends manufacturing and Logistics Place type this is a tier one conditional petition with just a brief set of development standards that state it would allow all uses permitted in the I C2 zoning District while limiting Building height to 80 ft staff recommends approval of this petition is inconsistent with the policy map recommendation for manufacturing Logistics Place type the ic2 zoning district is intended to address the needs of large scale institutional campuses that could provide governmental educational medical and Social Services as well as supportive uses position would allow meinberg County to provide Public Services on the site to serve Eastern parts of Charlotte and mecklinburg County the development stand associated with the petition limit height to 80 ft to minimize visual impact to adjacent properties I'll take any questions following the petitioner's presentation thank you Mr carmichel thank you m madame mayor Pro 10 members of the council and zoning committee I'm John carmichel here on behalf of the petitioner meinberg County um should have a presentation but um with me night are Steven SWAT of meinberg County and Shan Tully with Land Design as Joe indicated the site contains just under 25 acres it's located at the Eastern Terminus of Kel Avenue which is east of nor Northern North sheramy Road and south of the intersection of Milton Road and North Sharon amony Road uh the site is z ml1 and ml2 these are manufacturing and Logistics zoning districts you have ml2 zoning to the west and south of the site I did have a slide that showed that I promise and n2b zoning to the north and east of the site petitioners requesting that the site be rezoned to the ic2 CD zoning District to accommodate the development of a County resource center which would offer um governmental services to the public and contain County offices the ic2 zoning district is a campus zoning District this conditional resoning request would limit the building height to 80 fet which is consistent with the maximum height allowed in the current ml1 and ml2 Zoning districts the community resource center would be County operated county-owned and would provide governmental services to the public it'd be a multi-story building the large majority of which would be devoted to county offices the lower levels of facility are intended to provide public facing functions where the community can receive support through various governmental public assistant Services a purpose what the county is doing is bringing these Resource Centers out to the community and a purpose the purpose of this is to bring the county to its customers um I did have I'm not sure where it is but I did have images of the recently completed lb scarbo community resource center located near the intersection of North Tron and Eastway Drive it was completed last summer it's a it's a beautiful facility and provides really meaningful uh services and opportunities to the citizens and we appreciate your consideration of the request and we're happy to answer any questions once again Mr swed is here with the county and he can answer questions as well okay okay thank you Edie kette this uh thank you Madame mayor protim uh so I'm I'm encouraged by the petition simply because you know um there are people that live in the district that do need these resources but District 5 already has a a we have a majority of the the Resource Centers in District 5 um if you think about the one that's I think billing that's District 5 uh Ellis Scarboro that's one more we have the um the umbrella Center that's coming to Alamar Road um and I mean I'm I'm looking that four members of the community came out did you know what their feedback was I I do uh there I think two were from the apartment community to the north uh the really as I recall two people really spoke a woman who lives to the east in the single family home and then another person who I think was just involved in the community the person who was involved in the community was very supportive uh after the um the neighborhood minute the neighborhood meeting I sent the proposed uses to those that attended the meeting the individual to the east was concerned a little bit about Building height how close it' be to her property line but because of the natural features of the site the stream and the stream buffers this building would be 150 to 200 ft from the Eastern property line and that Eastern Edge the trees in the Eastern edge of the site would also be preserved because of the need to protect the streams and the stream buffers um but that was her seemed to be her concern we also told her that the lighting would be uh cut off lighting so that would not extend P any property lines but the trees will really be I think of benefit to that community no that I mean like I said that sounds good I I just I want to share this while while I'm on this this subject um and I've heard from a diverse group of Neighbors right um and like every single District there's a diversity of um economics throughout right um and a lot of the times when I say aggregate numbers it really doesn't paint the full picture of who's there and what their earning potentials are and what I see especially for a district like District 5 where you know the average is skewed and it's actually skewed toward the lower end of our earnings right um it it paints only one picture of the residents that we have in our beautiful and diverse District we have high earners as well we have like most districts we have high income earners and we have you know um community members that that um that that earn below what well well below what would be um a living wage and so although I'm I'm I'm excited about like I said any any time that we could bring resources to the community members I am absolutely going to be in favor of it so you won't see me have a push back but like I said I want to take this moment to say out loud that we have so many opportunities to do more across this District right um it it shouldn't be that East Charlotte is the place where everyone comes just when they need resources do you understand what I'm saying or that the you know the understanding is if I need something based on you know having a low income that oh I need to go to East Charlotte or oh I need to go to West Charlotte you know what I'm saying and and right now that's the balance of of what we get largely and and why we get those things because again we paint just one picture largely of the demographics of human beings that are in those districts um I've had extensive conversation with the now chair who is my counterpart uh commissioner Mark Jerel about this very exact same thing thing about how do we properly he and I working together paint a proper diverse picture of our district that we represent right uh taking into consideration that our Far East residents that they earn above what the you know County minimum is but we don't really have what you would say amenities out there for those humans and we're not really targeting that yet so you know in in a in a perfect world I'd like a both end and right again this is an opportunity for the community members that I represent who need those resources and and actually resources for community members that are throughout our city but as we look at East Charlotte I in a perfect world like I said taking this moment to say it out loud the diversity of our district I want to be exclam because it deserves to be exclamate there are human beings that are doing very well in the district that I represent and so so we have those humans that need Services as well so I just wanted to put that out there again I you know love to talk to you more about this online and I think commissioner Jerel would be a great addition to this conversation really just to get his perspective so I'm going to do that on a oneoff anyway okay but I feel like you know and he probably is already aware of this knowing that it's going to come before the council but I'd love for he and I to huddle and and gain his you know enriched perspective on how he envisions our area as well we we' love the opportunity to meet with you and the commissioner um there's Steve Mr s and I would love the opportunity to do that okay I would I would like that I I'll shoot it I'll shoot you an email all right thank you so much and there's the presentation but I don't I won't go through it all right any additional comment Mo to close second there's a motion to close public Hearing in second all in favor raise hands any opposed that's unanimous and we will move on to agenda item number 26 petition number 2024 105 By Angelo Tilman the location is approximately 1.99 Acres located along the north side of Tom Hunter Road West of Hidden Forest Drive and south of I 85 and District 1 by District the current zoning is n1b proposed Zone in 1f CD staff recommends approval of this petition upon resolution of outstanding issues related to Transportation site and building design in addition to requested technical revisions after site uh after staff's presentation Mr Angelo Tillman will have three minutes thank you thank you this 2 Acre Site is located in the Hidden Valley neighborhood where we see single family as well as multif family uses situated between commercial areas that can be found along Westar Creek Road and North Tron site is currently zon neighborhood 1B and the request is for neighborhood 1 F conditional which is consistent with the policy map's recommendation for neighborhood one at this site The Proposal itself is for a multi-dwelling development which would allow for two quadruplex buildings a total of eight attached units and the petitioner committed to a maximum Building height of 40 ft Which is less than what the ordinance allows for for that District a classy landscape yard would be provided along the eastern boundary where the site ABS single family zoning and uses and the majority of the site would be free of impervious surfaces as the development is primarily limited to that lower third of the parcel that fronts Tom Hunter and the middle and upper portions of the site are dedicated for open space tree save area and storm Water Management areas units fronting Tom Hunter would be rear loaded via a private alley and that same alley will service the other quadruplex with front loaded garages staff recommends approval this petition upon resolution of outstanding issues and Technical revisions most of which are really quite minor the proposal for two quadruplex buildings on a 2 acre property is compatible with the site's single family and multif family surroundings and P the petitioner committed to additional conditions uh regarding preferred architectural standards a lower maximum height and the modest density all of which help blend single family home characteristics into a residential product type that is a little bit denser than what we see just east of the site this petition creates a transition between the single family detached homes along the eastern boundary and the multif family developments that we see to the north and west of this resoning area I'll take questions following the petitioners comments thank you we proposed to build eight town houses uh on that on that lot uh keeping with affordable housing we plan on keeping all of the town houses below $300,000 and we've already talked to Bank of America about their Community Home Home Ownership commitment because the biggest obstacle to home ownership is usually the down payment which is 10% and the closing cost and uh Bank of America does have a program that allows to zero down payment allows for help with closing costs in the uh Hidden Valley Community right now is probably more rental properties in the area than homes and uh so we feel like that we will help the community because home ownership it helps uh it helps it helps the community as far as like people taking Pride taking uh part in the community events and then also home ownership helps children coming from those homes as far as the opportunity for higher education and so we hope that uh you let us build these town houses thank you Mr Tillman and um I I'm interested in your interaction with the Hidden Valley Community and all have you been to any of their Community meetings or been in touch with Miss margerie actually I I grew up in the H Hidden Valley Community went to school Myers Park and cman Junior High School and right now I look on they have the Hidden Valley gentleman older gentleman's committee they take part in the community with Hidden Valley Elementary reading to the children mentoring to the children also having cookouts and other events and so I know that as far as like with the home ownership when you have first second and third generation people living in the community they help uplift the community absolutely and uh yes and the Hidden Valley ogs do a lot of really good work in the community um have you had any conversation with Miss margerie Parker at all the chair of I have not because we had the meeting nobody showed up okay okay I I I'm going to encourage you to do so and I I will encourage her to reach out to you as well because they're very uh engaged around the development in the Community sounds like uh you will be right in what you're planning will be right in line with what they're looking for uh but I would just still would like for her to have an opportunity to have a conversation with you would definitely reach out to her absolutely okay Miss Brown and then uh Mr Mitchell oh thank you madam chair I think what you're doing is amazing but um also I join Hidden Valley Community um Coalition because they're going to keep the history over there yes ma'am and if you speak with her you'll get um some support they are very very strong in their number so I can give her your number cuz I'm going to be talking to her okay if you don't mind if the numberers correct on the paper I have I'll make sure I pass the Baton because she will be interested in your concern I went to mous park as well okay M PHS okay Mustangs good STS 2400 Colony Ro yes ma'am all right all right Mr Mitchell Angelo yes what's up did we go to Ranson together we went to school together oh man he like that's my classmate he said that motion to close second all right there's a motion to close public hearing a second all in favor raise hands any opposed that is unanimous we'll move on to I'm emailing okay we we'll move on to petition item number 27 petition number 2024 uh 107 by Neil Kenneth Hospitality LL the location is approximately 3.19 Acres located at the Southwest intersection of West Arrowwood Road and Microsoft way and east of Hansen Road in District 3 Miss Brown's District current zoning is BD CD n nl1 proposed zoning is OG staff recommends approval of this petition and after staff's presentation Miss Grant will join us again and she'll have three minutes thank you y yep thank you this site is approximately 3.19 Acres located on the south side of awood road west of Microsoft way site is currently undeveloped and is surrounded primarily by Office Buildings also some uh commercial and institutional uses the current zoning it is uh a split Zone site with bdcd along the Airwood Road Frontage and ml1 to the rear of the site proposed zoning is OG office General conventional the 2040 policy map recommends campus Place type staff recommends approval of this petition it is consistent with the place type recommendation uh of Campus site's location along and near major roads including West Arrowwood Road and South Tron Street supports uses that enhance connectivity and align with the surrounding employment centers a budding and predominantly AB buding uses are predominantly commercial and office reinforcing the designation as a campus Place type transitioning the site from BD CD and M ml1 to OG aligns with the property aligns the property with campus Place type helping to bring a split zone property into consistency with the area's planning goals I will take any questions after the petitioner's presentation all right Miss Grant good evening mayor Pro 10 members of council Bridget Grant land consultant with Mor and Van Allen I'm happy to be here tonight on behalf of Sam Patel on this conditional resoning and I would like to say also since I couldn't talk Mr mcain to sticking around until I retired there are two other members of more and Van Allen's team Lisa Thompson and John Floyd that you'll be seeing a lot of in the years to come um thank you again for your time tonight as Joe mentioned this is a conventional resoning so there's no site plan associated with it council member Brown you may remember you joined the community meeting you were the only one there with me because no one had signed up for it so thank you for that we're happy to answer any questions okay great any discussion Mr BR I I was just sharing that thank you so much Madam uh mayor yeah I showed up for the meeting and nobody there but me and so it's always con concerning but we talk about how we can expand and make sure that people understand that their voice their input is very important and I know that you and I have built a relationship over the past year and you listen and you go back to the table to drawing board or whatever you need to do so so um I look forward to seeing you know what we can do and I'll reach out to some community members in the area send me way if they come they do if they don't what can we do you know we can put our best foot forward each and every time that's all that we can do and so I do appreciate you having the meeting although I was the only one there but again I was there and we will try to extend the invitation to a few Community leaders that I know in the area as we move forward but that's all I have all right any additional comment want to close the hearing second motion to close public hearing and second all in favor raise hands any oppose that is unanimous and we will move on to agenda item number 28 petition number 2024 108 by Olympia and Wright homes the location is approximately 3 acres located along the south side of Mount H Holly Huntersville Road on on the West and East side of Paulie drive and north of Mount Holly Road in District 2 Mr grams District the current zoning is n1a proposed zoning is n2b CD staff recommends approval of this petition upon resolution of outstanding issues related to Transportation environment and site and building Design After staff's presentation Mr Brown will have 3 minutes thank you uh petition 2024 108 is located along the south side of Mount Holly Huntersville Road West and East side of poly drive and north of Mount Holly Road site's approximately 3 acres in size and currently undeveloped current zoning is n1a neighborhood one proposed zoning is n2b CD neighborhood 2 240 policy map recommends the neighborhood one place type for this site the n2b district is inconsistent with the N1 Place type approval of this petition would revise the 2040 policy map recommendation to in place type proposal calls for the development of up to 40 multif family dwellings attached dwellings that is Town Homes uh multif family stacked units are prohibited the following streetcape improvements are proposed construct 12 construct a 12ft multi-use path an 8ft planting strip along Mount Holly Huntersville Road an 8ft sidewalk and 8ft planting STP strip on poly Drive uh 10t classy landscape yard will be provided along the side and rear of the property lines adjacent in one Parcels um the trees trees shall be planted at a minimum of one at a minimum spacing of 20 ft and a maximum spacing of 40 ft along um internal Alleyways sidewalks will be provided from all residential entrances to the public Street visitor parking will provided as generally depicted on the site plan following architectural requirements provided buildings are limited to no more than six attached units minimum um slope of pitch roofs will be 512 buildings fronting Mount hly Huntersville Road will be oriented towards the street and rear loaded with alley fed garages Corner in units adjacent to adjacent to poly Drive will have blank wall limitations usable porches and Stoops minimum of 5 ft in depth will be provided following Transportation improvements are proposed vehicular access to the site is via private alleys access from poly Drive 50 ft feet of R of way shall be dedicated along the center line Mount Holly hunterville Road the petitioner intends the abandonment of King's Drive which is the South West portion of the site here um an ADA Compliant bus waiting pad will be constructed along the site's front Ed with Mount Holly Huntersville Road staff recommends approval of this petition upon resolution of outstanding issues related to Transportation environment and site and building design as the site is adjacent to in2 development the comprehensive plans equable growth framework ID identifies the site um is within access to housing Gap and the site is within a half mile of a commercial center containing a range of daily needs is served directly by transit have you take any questions following Mr Brown's presentation thank you Mr Brown yes thank you that was a pretty um Colin Brown on behalf of uh Olympian Wright the petitioner that was a pretty thorough uh presentation by Max I'll just hit the high points if our slides come up here um again as Max pointed out this is an infill development on Mount Holly Huntersville Road uh it is in good proximity to a commercial center uh kind of just to the west of the site that includes grocery uh this is you know in an area that's a little bit of kind of in a Redevelopment phase if you'll notice just to the west of us if you were to drive out there today this site would be cleared it's got a lot of Red Dirt so town homes are coming here we've got Town Homes across the street and the question is what happens with these lots and so uh the proposal is for an infield development like this we are proposing in the N2 District but this is not multif family it's not Apartments uh these would be kind of the duplexes Triplex uh town home style development um the the positive one of the real positives of the amenities coming in would be uh the multi-use path that uh Max mentioned because there is great commercial down here is just there's no existing the existing infrastructure is not there um so not only a sidewalk but a mixed use path coming in that area to provide some greater connectivity down the street um happy to have staff support on this and happy to answer any questions uh that you may have thank you any discussion Miss Mayfield thank you Mr Brown I'm going ask you the same question that I asked uh previous petitioner as far as did I miss the amenities for this town home Community you did not uh this is an infill site basic where it it kind of the I guess if my client would say he said would say the amen is the installing the sidewalks that take us down the street but I did hear your comments on you know it sounded like last time your point was hey let's just have some open area for people to gather um so with those comments in mind I'll be happy to talk with the team and see if we can find some areas in there to provide something like that on site and it didn't sound like you're saying hey you got to have a swinging pool in a clubhouse but maybe a pavilion to cookout so people can get together CU we have a development further up that's a multif family where have built the pool and I have yet to ever see anybody you use it when I drive by but just thinking about that Gathering space as if there's an opportunity I I will talk with them about that thank you okay Mr Grant and and you guys are working through some of the logistics of making sure that you're on the same page would you say you guys oh staff yes absolutely um we're working on an abandonment and there is there are a couple uh moving parts we did have attendees at our community meeting I do owe the lady uh across the street who lives here she asked for hey what type of um and this development team is putting together some ideas to share with her on the product type so we'll get that to her and uh follow up with Miss uh Mayfield on the open space and we'll work to get the staff issues resolved all right just keep me in the loop okay close public here secondly all right all in favor of closing public hearing raise hands any oppose that is unanimous we will move on to agenda item number 30 petition number 202 4114 by dream key partners the location is approximately 3.80 Acres located west of Statesville Road north of Oak Wood Drive and south of Cochran Drive and District to Mr Grahams District current zoning is ur2 CD proposed zoning is n2b CD staff recommends the approval of this petition of PUD resolution of outstanding issues related to Transportation site and building design design in addition to a requested technical revision after staff's presentation Mr mcvine will join us for three minutes thank you this 3.8 Acre Site is located uh just west of Statesville Road among several developing multif family town home projects as well as an established single family area along the southern property boundary site is currently zoned Urban residential to conditional as a result of petition 2018-15 and that was for a larger area so all the area you see in Orange was part of that petition and although the other phases for this project have begun the site within 20241 14 has remained undeveloped the request is to reone this site from that existing Urban residential conditional plan to Neighborhood 2B conditional it would allow for the same residential uses entitled in 2018-15 but this petition would differ slightly on proposed site and building design this request is in consistent with a 2040 policy map which does call for campus at this area though I will just call out this is being proposed for a change in the revised policy map we believe it was just an error uh and this was intended for neighborhood 2 so the revised policy map will have this entirety of that ur2 petition site 65 acres show up as neighborhood 2 if approved the proposal itself allows for up to 53 multif family attached units and the number of principal structures may not exceed 10 all of these units would be rear loaded via a private alley site would be accessed from bulline drive and an extension of grasset Avenue and the petitioner commits to extend grassa Avenue and debut Street if not constructed by others 10 foot Class see landscape yard as well as a 6ot fence would be provided along the southern boundary where the site abuts single family zoning and a minimum of 4,000 ft of amenitized open space will be provided predominantly in those two open space areas identified and the petitioner commits to Preferred architectural standards staff recommends approval of this petition upon resolution of outstanding issues and technical revision this petition proposes development that is consistent with the already entitled multif family attached uses on this property and its surrounding area and it's mindful of the single family uses along the southern boundary by providing a landscape yard and the fence that goes beyond ordinance requirements and that will help buffer the proposed development to those residents residents at this site and the neighboring developments would have increased access to Statesville Road via an extension of Debut Street and this road and the completed pedestrian infrastructure will significantly improve connection to the existing bus stop that's along Statesville Road although the petition is inconsistent with the campus Place type there are no campus uses existing on the site and the surrounding parcels and N2 generally is a more Fitting Place type and the development fits broader fits better into the broader area I'll take questions following the petitioners comments thank you Mr mcvan thank you mayor pend members of council members of zoning committee Keith mcvan with Mo and Van Allen assisting dream key Partners I want to thank Holly for her presentation and their support we will be working with the staff uh to address the remaining issues uh we did send the presentation in uh again the request is for 53 town homes for sale uh we uh this site was originally part of the Park View nebor this is not my presentation Park part of the Park View neighborhood uh which was zoned back in 2018 uh this portion of the site has remained undeveloped there is a brownfields agreement that has in place for this portion of of Park View uh that restricts the use of this portion of the site to single family homes so that's the reason that for the Chang what was originally planned uh was single family homes but due to the brownfields agreement it only allows Town Homes to be built on the site uh we did have a good community meeting we had several Neighbors from along oak or along the road to I think it's Oak Drive along the South as well as some of the new neighbors of the Park viw neighborhood attended the community they asked questions about open space and overflow parking and buffering and screening uh the petitioner to address those concerns did add offense to the buffer at the rear of the site uh along the rear of the site here was part as part of the buffer and then enhanced several open space areas here to create an amenity for the new residents uh to address some of the staff concerns we will also be adding some additional open space areas in a couple of larger are larger areas between buildings uh we'll be happy to answer questions thank you any comment Miss Mayfield Mr Driggs and Mr Graham again congratulations thank you very and thank you very much surprised you made it through tonight for this final one but also thank you for hearing the question that I'm asking yes ma'am longterm amenity and green space it is funny though because the shape of the site is that of a submarine when she drop everything in so I just thought that was interesting but I appreciate developers coming with town homes and with other offerings that are really diversifying us outside a multif family to really give an opportunity cuz we're going to see some challenges coming ahead for the next few years so I appreciate having some diversity and what is being brought before us ma' thank you all right Mr DRS Mr mcain for 11 years i' I've heard you try to justify outlandish proposals um and I've enjoyed every minute thank uh I think uh perhaps our our finest Hour was um on Providence Road would the Goldman I believe it was if you recall that was quite an experience so uh in honor of this occasion I would love to move that we just go right ahead and approve this but I think the City attorney W let me seriously I wish you all the best I really appreciate it working with you and uh hope things go well for you in the future thank you appreciate that same here it's been a pleasure and an honor really to work with everybody through all these years and you're going to get me choked up here but uh I do look forward to retirement but I will miss my Monday nights with the with the council and maybe I'll tune in online and see what's going on thank you very maybe just have a glass of wine been a pleasure thank you well I think I get the last word uh so so he's not done yet so I will see you tomorrow morning yes sir you will you will working to the end huh yes all right Mr Mitchell I just got to add some uh Kudos we're going to miss you sir and I feel like I'm the reason why you miss Su of the hair from the top maybe cuz I used to worry you and call you late at night but thank you sir for your contribution you have put sh in a better place because of your leadership thank you very much thank you James I need to say something too then huh you really don't have to yeah just yes yeah no I actually you know what actually in the time that I've been here uh I've I've definitely known you to be a fair broker thank um you know brokering the the interests of the community and your particular clients and and that's something that that is is cherished from our end of the of the spectrum so thank you for your service I hope you don't spend your Monday nights looking at our meeting although it's hard to pull away right like it's going to be one of those things but enjoy yourself many blessings to you and appreciate that thank you very much you want to hear from me don't you absolutely me the relationship that we've developed over the past year has been very professional and very astounding so thank you so much much for your hard work and your dedication and your commitment and your desire to make things work and so it's been an absolute pleasure to work with you and to to know you the shortest amount of time but hey thank you been amazing thank you same here same thank you everybody thanks of course Mr MC thank you for everything that you've done I I'm reminiscent on a tough resoning we had just a short while ago yes ma'am and uh we had lots of meetings lots of back and forth and actually got it to a place where the community was better off and I appreciate you having that level of leadership throughout all of the petitions that you work on thank you ma'am very much thank you thank you I think me and James seen them retire twice right exactly once from the city and one's from for sure correct move close public hearing all right second there's a motion to close public hearing and second all in favor raise hands clap your hands everybody [Applause] thank you and we will move on to our final um agenda item this evening for the year for the entire year say that again doesn't that sound ni for the year agenda item number 31 petition number 2024 1115 by the view at Honeywood am LLC the location is approximately 6.95 Acres located southeast of Montana Drive Northeast of Tennessee a and west of Southwest Boulevard in District 2 Mr Grahams District the current zoning is R22 mfcd proposed zoning is R22 mfcd Spa the staff recommends approval of this petition upon resolution of outstanding issues related to Transportation the environment and site and building Design After staff presentation uh Mr Matt Langston will have three minutes thank you right petition 2024 115 is located on the south southeast of Montana Drive Northeast of Tennessee Avenue and south and west of Southwest Boulevard sites approximately 6.95 acres is currently undeveloped sit's currently zoned R22 mfcd multif family conditional Legacy District proposed zoning is R22 mfcd Spa which is a multif family District site plan Amendment 2040 policy map recomend recommends the neighborhood 2 Place type the R22 mfcd Spa district is consistent with the N2 Place type little background on the site plan amendment in 2021 the site was rezoned from R5 single family to the R22 mfcd uh District to allow for the development up to 150 multi-dwelling units or multif family units excuse me in not more than seven buildings site plan Amendment calls for a reduction in the number of principal buildings from a maximum of seven to just three buildings the propose proposes to increase the maximum height of the principal buildings from 40 ft as measured by the zoning ordinance to 65 ft proposes the inclusion of an accessory structure for on-site amenities and the overall plan would not increase the number of dwelling units permitted under the previously approved conditional plan staff recommends approval of the petition upon a resolution of outstanding issues related to site building design transportation in the environment as the site aligns with the policy map recommendation for neighborhood too uh the site plan Amendment would not increase the number of dwelling units and the site is served by transit happy to take any questions following Mr Langston's presentation all right thank you Mr Langston us home mayor protim uh members of council thanks for listening to us tonight hopefully I'll try to keep it really quick Matt langon with landworks Design Group Chris hen rendy with Urban Trends real estate is here well petitioner and um like Max said this project was submitted as a petition back in 2021 you all approved it in 2022 to um we got hired to do the site construction plans and as we got deeper into the site design and site permitting it it was a um affordable housing project and as we got deeper into the site design it got very expensive with walls and underground storm detention and so the goal of the consolidation of the um site is to help it work a little bit more efficiently if you can see this was the 2021 plan um buildings are all the way around their site walls on the low side and underground detention uh the new plan would allow that to be constructed more affordably and um the site's got about 35 ft of grade change across it and so we're using that to help sort of conceal the additional height that we're asking for uh we're here to answer any questions you may have thank you any comment this question uh have you already guys had your neighborhood meeting and any response based on the change of the plans we we had our neighborhood meeting we had one attendee who had gotten a new phone and was struggling so I facetimed him and held him up to my computer so he could see the screens and stuff um and we had probably two other absentee Property Owners from out of state who reached out when they got the letter and we followed up with them separately um but we didn't have any comments that affected the site plan okay all right any additional comment close second for the year all right motion to close public hearing all the favor raise hands any oppose that is unanimous and we have a motion to adjourn and a second before we adjourn I just want to say Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to everyone in the community I want to thank the um zoning committee they work tirelessly throughout the year to make sure that we are able to conduct these meetings a lot of time and investment so have a wonderful holiday season and we will see you again in 2025 thank you the meeting is adjourned I should commit a me [Music] the e