The Garden City Commission on July 15 approved Ordinance No. 3018 to rezone the property generally located at 706 West Emerson Avenue from R-1 (single-family residential) to R-3 (multiple-family residential).

City staff told commissioners the parcel is vacant, about 1.3 acres, and the applicant, Zeroman Properties LLC, intends to combine the site with adjacent Waslipwood property (zoned R-3) to build multifamily housing. The developer described a plan for two three-story buildings, each with approximately 24 units; unit layouts were described as two- to three-bedroom units with two bathrooms.

Staff said the property must still complete a replat and go through the site-plan review process before any building permits would be issued. The proposed land use was described as consistent with the city’s comprehensive plan, which lists the site as “residential potential.” Staff recommended adoption of the planning commission’s recommendation to approve the rezoning.

Under the alternatives presented, the governing body could adopt the planning commission’s recommendation, override it by a two-thirds majority, or return the recommendation to the planning commission with stated reasons; commissioners voted to adopt the planning commission’s recommendation and approve the ordinance.

The applicant indicated intent to pursue Kansas Housing Investment Tax Credits for the project. No fiscal impact was cited in the staff recommendation for the rezoning itself, and the meeting record does not list any conditions beyond the standard replat and site-plan processes.

The ordinance passed by voice vote; no roll-call tally was read into the record.