| | MANAGER'S REPORT:
This ordinance would rezone a 1.3 acre portion of a single lot in the Salmon Creek area along Glacier Highway from D5 to General Commercial. The applicant, AWARE, has obtained grant funding for the construction of a 12 unit residential facility to serve as a long term shelter for victims of domestic abuse leaving the organization’s emergency shelter.
The lot in question is large enough to support a multifamily residential building, is served by transit, and is within the Urban Service Area. However, the entire lot is currently zoned D5, where multifamily residential development is not allowed. If this rezone is approved, the property owner will subdivide the lot and sell the rezoned southwestern portion to AWARE, retaining the northeastern portion for future residential development at the existing D-5 density.
On February 25, 2014, the Planning Commission unanimously adopted staff’s findings and moved to forwarded a recommendation for approval to the Assembly. | |