Planning Commission Regular Meeting/Work Session

Paul Nabtistaffareas are our activity centers and then you'll see those two white arrows pointing to the lighter purple colors those are the two sites that we ended up settling on to establish a partial specific consideration that would support the mixed use place type as an alternative for those two sites the underlying place type as I mentioned for those two sites remained the one on the bottom is the ANOVA site which is a social civic network place type and then the one on the right or the bottom right is Fairfax Square which the underlying place type is commercial corridor. And just for reference we want to point out there are several other partial specific considerations too. As we mentioned this was developed in 2019 not just with the intent of supporting mixed

use development. So all these numbers on here reflect where we have a partial specific consideration text comprehensive plan numbers one and two on this map are the two that support mixed use development uh for uh the nova site number one uh before the 2024 update we actually already had language that supported mixed use development on that site but there was no place type that could go along with it if that were ever to conform with redevelopment number two is fairfax square and in this case as we were the comprehensive plan was open for review at that time property representatives from that property approached us and asked about being included in this as well. They participated throughout the process and reviewed as we were developing language for

transitions with scale toward neighborhoods on the north south and east for the Fairfax Square site the general language supports integrating any future development into the surrounding multifamily development and to maintain the commercial presence that's there today so to summarize the The way things are set up now based on the amendments that were made to the comprehensive plan of 2024. The places where mixed use development can be considered in the city are within our activity centers as it was before. Along with these two additional sites that were identified through that review process where a partial specific consideration was identified in the comprehensive plan for those two sites that supports mixed use development.

So it's a different type of process, and we have no defined way of accepting a request for that. So as a setup, so the fact that we don't have a defined process means that the only time that somebody could request such a change would be during our regular five-year review as required by state code. When we open the comprehensive plan during a five-year review, we're open for anything. as those planning commissioners that participated in our last review may recall. We looked at the whole comprehensive plan. We had public outreach, so people had opportunities to come and suggest changes. And actually, in the case of the Fairfax Square property, that is when that property owner became involved and ultimately influenced the outcome for their property in the comprehensive plan.

James FeatherIn the Baskin-Robbins case, I mean, just, it's quite context mattered there because it was immediately adjacent to a site that was being redeveloped. I guess it was a planned development with mixed use. it was a standalone almost one of the orphan kind of properties that we talk about so to make it a little more harmonious with what was immediately adjacent to it made sense Woody's of course is in an activity center where we want to entertain mixed-use development the other case was a bit more problematic there was a community behind them but they weren't in any way connected very different from the Fairfax Square case that we added a parcel specific consideration to which while it was largely commercial it was