Staff and RPC recommend disapproval of Memorial Drive rezoning to O1; applicant seeks small real-estate office
Summary
City staff and the Regional Planning Commission recommended denying a request to rezone a 0.53-acre Memorial Drive parcel from R1 to O1 for conversion to a small real-estate office. Staff said the change would intrude on a predominantly single-family blockface and disrupt compatibility.
Planning staff presented case Z402025, an application to rezone a 0.53-acre site on the north frontage of Memorial Drive from R1 single-family to O1 office. The application sought to convert an existing house into a small real-estate office and would be an extension of existing O1 across the street.
Staff said department comments were minimal but that the request would introduce an office-professional use into a predominantly single-family northern block face and that the adopted comprehensive plan and future land-use map identify the north side of Memorial Drive as suburban single-family. Staff recommended disapproval and said the planning commission also recommended unanimous disapproval. The clerk noted one letter in the packet supporting the application and that two neighbors spoke against the request at the RPC meeting.
Council members asked about resident objections; staff confirmed public opposition at RPC and the single supporting letter in the materials. The transcript does not include a final recorded vote on the ordinance presentment.
