Planning Commission Agenda and Packet 2025 10 09

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Planning Commission Staff Report October 9, 2025 BACKGROUND: The property is located in the Highway 42 Revitalization Area. In 2003, the City adopted the Highway 42 Revitalization Area Framework Plan and the Highway 42 Revitalization Area Comprehensive Plan Amendment. In order to implement these adopted plans the City created a Mixed Use Overlay District (Zoning Chapter 17.14) and the Mixed Use Development Design Standards and Guidelines (MUDDSG), which govern development of properties within the Mixed Use district. The subject property is also located in the Highway 42 Urban Renewal Area. The City and the City's Urban Renewal Authority have adopted an Urban Renewal Plan that is intended to: reduce, eliminate and prevent the spread of blight... to stimulate growth and reinvestment... and promote local objectives with respect to appropriate land uses in the Urban Renewal Area (Sec. 1.3). Pursuant to LMC Sec. 17.14.020, any property within the Highway 42 Revitalization Area undergoing new development or redevelopment shall be rezoned to a zoning district consistent with the Land Use Plan, Exhibit A (Attachment 4). In 2013, the City Council approved the rezoning of the subject properties from Commercial Business (CB) to Mixed -Use Residential (MU-R), Commercial Community (CC), and Residential Medium Density (RM) under Ordinance No. 1641-2013 (Attachment 8). This rezoning was approved concurrent with a Preliminary PUD and Plat. In 2016, the City Council approved a Final PUD and Plat, known as Coal Creek Station, allowing 51 residential units and 29,472 square feet of commercial space on the subject property. The applicant never executed the Final PUD and Plat, and eligibility for permit issuance lapsed on May 17, 2019. The Planning Commission considered this application on September 12, 2024 and October 10, 2024. The hearing was continued indefinitely to consider a revised TIS. PROPOSAL: Rezoning The current zoning designation of CC -MU on the north and east sides of the site prohibits residential uses. The applicant is requesting to rezone the portions of the property zoned CC -MU and RM to MU-R to allow for a mix of uses and housing types. This is a discretionary request from the applicant as the mandatory rezone requirement for redevelopment of the subject property was satisfied with the approved 2013 rezoning. In the narrative provided, the applicant asserts that the proposed rezoning will support the City's goals as outlined in the Highway 42 Revitalization Area Framework Plan, the Coty of Louisville Housing Plan, and the MUDDSG by developing a variety of housing types while providing additional commercial space along South Boulder Road. The applicant notes that the area has changed since the initial rezoning, and that the current CC -MU zoning is commercially focused and does not support needed housing in the community. 4