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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes September 10, 2015 Page 2 of 21 Posted in City Hall, Public Library, Recreation Center, and Courts and Police Building on August 21, 2015. Mailed to surrounding property owners on August 21, 2015. Published in the Boulder Daily Camera on August 23, 2015. Staff Report of Facts and Issues: McCartney presented from Power Point: • Located on east area of BNSF tracks. It is located adjacent to Little Italy and Louisville Tire. There are existing uses that will be part of the overall plat but not the development point presently. There is proximity to the South Street Underpass and Miners Field. It is adjacent to Highway 42. • Project Request is Preliminary Plat, Preliminary PUD, SRU and Rezoning o Preliminary PUD ■ Density ■ Bulk and mass ■ Concept level design o Regulatory Documents ■ Louisville Municipal Code (LMC) ■ MUDDSG o Reflects Highway 42 Framework Plan • Preliminary Zoning. Any development proposed in this area requires rezoning to match Exhibit A in MUDDSG. This remaining area is zoned industrial, bounded on the north by Griffith Street, on the east by Highway 42, a portion of Short Street, the old Lafayette Street, and Cannon Street. The DELO developments are zoned MU-R and DELO Plaza is MU-R and MU -CC. One portion will be zoned MU-R and one portion will be zoned MU -CC. The current MU -CC area has uses allowed in MUDDSG. o Proposed zoning will be ground floor residential along Cannon Street. • Purpose. SPECIAL REVIEW USE DEFINITION (Sec. 17.08.520.) o Special review use means a use which, although not permitted outright in a particular district, may be permitted by the planning commission or the city council in accordance with the standards and procedures set out in chapter 17.40. 1. That the proposed use/development is consistent in all respects with the spirit and intent of the comprehensive plan and of this chapter, and that it would not be contrary to the general welfare and economic prosperity of the city or the immediate neighborhood; 2012 Comprehensive Plan Encourage a diversity of housing types and provide a transition in scale from higher density uses in the core of the Urban Center to the adjacent neighborhoods. Conclusion: Staff finds this criterion has been met. 2. That such use/development will lend economic stability, compatible with the character of any surrounding established areas; A. The proposal of ground floor residential use lends economic stability to the surrounding established area in that the future residents will become consumers of the restaurants and specialty retail businesses found in Downtown Louisville. B. This area is within walking distance of downtown via the adjacent South Street Underpass. C. Future residents will be walking to downtown, there will be the added amenity of additional consumers without the addition of vehicular congestion on the downtown streets and parking spaces. Conclusion: Staff finds this criterion has been met. 3. That the use/development is adequate for the internal efficiency of the proposal, considering the functions of residents, recreation, public access,