HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-21-20 Public Comment - Intrinskik - Growth Policy Comments Request B-1 zoning districtGrowth Policy Comments
(City) Planning Board
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
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Request #2: The Board’s addition of the B-1 Zoning District to the Urban Residential Plan
Category begs the question “Why not also add B-1 Zoning to the Residential Emphasis Mixed
Use Plan Category?”.
Therefore, we are requesting that B-1 Zoning be added to the Residential (Emphasis) Mixed
Use Plan Category (see above).
Justification: Whereas the draft Growth Policy describes the Urban Neighborhood land use
category as appropriate for “some neighborhood-serving commerce”, the Residential
(Emphasis) Mixed Use land use category is described as appropriate to be “integrated with
small-scale commercial … uses”.
The intent of the B-1 Zoning District, as described in the effective UDC, is to provide
“neighborhood business district(s) … for smaller scale retail and service activities frequently
required by neighborhood residents on a day to day basis”. Thus, it appears from the UDC
definition of B-1 that this zoning district would be appropriate to include the Zoning Correlation
Table for both the Urban Neighborhood and Residential (Emphasis) Mixed Use Plan Categories.