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CB 1979--Authorizing rezoning from RA Suburban Residential District to C-2/SR Community Commercial District with Site Review Procedures for property located on the south side of West e 10th Avenue between Chambers and Grant streets. Mr. Obie moved, seconded by Mr.Hamel, that the findings supporting the rezonings set forth in the Planning Commission notes and minutes of July 3, 1979, be adopted by reference thereto; that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the Council; and that enactment be considered at this time. Councilors Miller and Lieuallen did not feel that applying the C-2 zoning was the answer to the problem. They asked about the ramifi- cations of various zone options such as C-1 or RP or no change and continuing with RA. Mr. Saul indicated that there was no perfect solution. He outlined the drawbacks to the alternative zonings suggested by Councilors Miller and Lieuallen. . Ms. Miller objected to approving C-2 zoning for a particular owner for a particular need when in future years, that zoning could allow uses that were not compatible with the neighborhood and the park development. She did not want to deprive the stores of their loading access, but she could see no reason why the entire block should be opened up to full-scale C-2 commercial development. She moved, therefore, to change RA to RP. The motion did not receive a second. Main motion carried 6:1, Ms. Miller voting no. - 3. Property located south of Clark between Jackson and Van Buren streets from M-2 Light Industrial District to C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District and a change of sign district from Highway-Oriented District to Outlying Commercial District (Meili) (Z 79-11) Manager introduced the request and asked Mr. Saul to give additional information. Mr. Saul said the area represents 26,000 square feet with no present structural development. The Whiteaker Refinement Plan defines the area as suitable for mixed use and this encourages both residential and neighborhood commercial development. The C-1 designation allows neighborhood development along with residential development, and so it is in conformity with this Plan. The property to the south was rezoned, a year ago, to C-1. It is somewhat exceptional to have a rezoning request involving the zone change from a more intensive to a less intensive zone designation. The sign change request is from Highway-Oriented to Outlying Commercial District. It was felt that this was appropriate by the Planning Commission. e 8/27/79-6 473