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Vote on a request by Nathan Glines, owner Harmony Gardens, to rezone a portion of property located at 5661 Beaver Creek Rd, Parcel No. 5727, from R1, Residential to CD-NB, Conditional District Neighborhood Business to develop an events center to hold weddings and other such gatherings.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
A request by Nathan Glines, owner Harmony Gardens, to rezone a portion of property located at 5661 Beaver Creek Rd, Parcel No. 5727, from R1, Residential to CD-NB, Conditional District Neighborhood Business to develop an events center to hold weddings and other such gatherings.
Introduction & Background:
A legislative public hearing was held on August 21, 2017. Planning staff presented the request. No one spoke on the matter and the item was referred to the Planning Board for review and recommendation.
Discussion & Analysis:
Conditional Zoning districts are zoning districts in which the development and use of the property is subject to predetermined ordinance standards and the rules, regulations, and conditions imposed as part of a legislative decision creating the district and applying it to the particular property.
Some land uses are of such a nature or scale that they have significant impacts on both the immediate surrounding area and on the entire community, which cannot be predetermined and controlled by general district standards. The review process established in this Ordinance provides for accommodation of such uses by a reclassification of property into a conditional zoning district, subject to specific conditions, which ensure compatibility of the use with neighboring properties. A conditional zoning district is not intended for securing early zoning for a proposal, except when that proposal is consistent with an approved land use plan or the proposal can demonstrate that public infrastructure needed to serve the development will be made available within a reasonable time period.
The property is currently zoned R1, Residential and th...
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