Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z21-075
APPLICANT: Carvana; c/o Brett Hanlon, Agent; 1930 West Rio Salado Parkway; Tempe, AZ 85281; and Michael Shannon and Eric Zartman, Attys.; Underhill & Hodge Law Firm; 8000 Walton Parkway, Suite 260; New Albany, OH 43054.
PROPOSED USE: Auto sales and future commercial development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on November 17, 2021.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of one parcel developed with a recreation facility zoned in the L-C-4, Limited Commercial District (Z91-018C). The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will allow the site to be redeveloped with an auto sales facility (Subarea A), and unspecified commercial development (Subarea B). The development text establishes use restrictions and supplemental development standards addressing building and parking setbacks, site access, and graphics provisions, and includes a commitment to a site plan. Subarea A also includes a commitment to elevations for the proposed auto sales facility. Modifications are included to eliminate landscaping and screening requirements along the west perimeter of the parking lot and the west property line, where there is existing vegetation that adequately buffers the site from adjacent residential uses. The site is located within the planning area of the Far North Area Plan (2014), which recommends “Community Commercial” land uses for this location and supports retail, office, and institutional uses that serve multiple neighborhoods, but generally do not attract residents from outside the area. Economic Development Division staff has also noted this location as potentially attractive as an office site. As such, the Planning Division has reviewed anticipated employment data related to the proposed uses, and finds the proposal to be generally consistent with both the Plan and City priorities. This request does not represent an introduction of an incompatibl...
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