City of
Oak Creek
Common
Council Report
Meeting
Date:
September 18, 2012
Item
No.:
Recommendation: That the Council adopt Ordinance No. 2661 which
would rezone the property at 6939 S. 13th Street from Rs-4,
Single-Family Residential to Rm-1, Multi-Family Residential.
Background: John Karpfinger is requesting that the property at 6939 S. 13th
Street be rezoned from Rs-4, Single-Family Residential to Rm-1, Multi-Family
Residential. While the applicant does
not have any plans at this time to develop the property they would like to have
the Rm-1 zoning in place so they can better market the property.
The
City’s comprehensive plan has this area designated as mixed residential and the
proposed Rm-1, Multi Family is the appropriate zoning for that land use. Single-Family residential is no longer appropriate
for this area, which is on a 4-lane road and surrounded by Manufacturing and
Multi-Family housing.
Under
the straight Rm-1, Multi-Family Residential the applicants are somewhat limited
in what they can do with the land.
First, no multi-family building can be constructed within 50 feet of the
single-family property to the north, which is still zoned Rs-4, Single-Family
Residential. Second, they are limited to
4-unit buildings. Buildings with more than 4 units require a Conditional Use or
a Planned Unit Development, which would require more detailed plans. Additionally, the applicant will need to
return to the Plan Commission for any site, building, or landscaping plans.
After
first reviewing the application staff had encouraged the applicants to do a
Planned Unit Development to have more flexibility in how the site would be laid
out and to allow for more dwelling units per building. However the indicated they aren’t going to
develop it themselves so they didn’t want to tie a future owner to a specific
general development plan. It is likely
that whoever ends up developing this land may come back to the City for a
Planned Unit Development request on this land.
The
Plan Commission has recommended approval of the proposed rezoning.
Fiscal Impact: While there is no fiscal impact associated
with this rezoning, future development under the Rm-1, Multi-Family Residential
zoning will increase the value of this land and will generate impact fees for
each housing unit developed.
Prepared
by: Respectfully
Submitted,
Doug
Seymour, AICP Gerald Peterson, ICMA-CM
Director
of Community Development City Administrator
Fiscal
Review by:
Mark Wyss
Finance Director