HomeMy WebLinkAboutL Street Annexation & ZMA CC PresentationL Street Annexation & ZMA
CITY COMMISSION
December 16, 2025
•Applicant acknowledges
future development will
require substantial public
infrastructure
•Applicant requested R-3
acknowledging the proposed
UDC revisions creating R-B
•R-3/R-B provides flexibility for
future development of
missing middle housing
Project Information
•Applicant has no development plans and intends to sell the subject parcels to a single
buyer
Controlled Groundwater Area & Testing History
1 ug/L is equivalent to 0.001 mg/L and used to measure trace amounts. PCP = Pentachlorophenol
•Total acreage: 17.9
•Development acreage: 8.7
•“Protected” acreage: 8.6
•50% of subject
properties are protected
by the City’s watercourse
and wetland setbacks.
Development and Natural Resource Protection
Potential for Affordable & Workforce Housing
•Subject properties are in a
Qualifying Census Tract (QCT).
•Eligible for Low-Income Housing Tax
Credits (LIHTC)
•LIHTC is one of the only tools to
close the affordable housing capital
gap
•Using LIHTC with the City’s
Affordable Housing Ordinance (AHO)
incentives yield deeper affordability
•R-3/R-B provides the densities
necessary to partner AHO with LIHTC
Support for Annexation & ZMA Approval
•Annexation
•DRC supports annexation
•Policies 1-12: ‘Criterion Met’ or not
applicable
•Zone Map Amendment
•Staff found requested zoning
meets required Criteria A-D
•Staff also found the secondary
Criteria F-I and K to be met. Criteria
E (transportation) and J (buildings)
were found to be ‘neutral’.
•Zoning Commission
recommends approval of
requested zoning
•Annexation into the City
provides more rigorous
development oversite
than remaining in the
County.
•Annexation and R-3/R-B
zoning creates flexibility
for missing middle
housing
•Annexation and R-3/R-B
zoning creates the
potential to utilize AHO
and LIHTC for an
affordable housing
project.