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ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM <br /> No. 04-82 <br /> June 15, 2004 <br /> TO: Mayor Paul Osborne and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Steve Gaar�h; ity Manager <br /> Dane Bragg, irector of Economic and Urban Development <br /> Steven J. V Steenhuyse, Long Range Planning Manag r� <br /> U <br /> SUBJECT: Wabash Crossing: Single Family Homeownership Planned Development <br /> Amendment <br /> SUMMARY RECOMI��NDATION: Staff recommends approval of the ordinance amending <br /> the Wabash Crossing Planned Development to allow for the development of 43 single family <br /> homeownership lots in Phase 1. <br /> BACKGROITND: The original planned development for Wabash Crossing was approved in <br /> January 2002 and set minimum standards for future development within the entire Near North <br /> area. In January 2003, the first plan for Phase 1 of Wabash Crossing was approved by the City <br /> Council, and the land was rezoned to PD, Planned Development. The current request amends the <br /> Planned Development ordinance to set specific standards for development of the 43 <br /> homeownership lots in Phase 1. These lots are located on Leafland, Condit and Warren streets <br /> and, unlike the remaining rental units, are planned for single family, owner occupied homes. <br /> The developer has been working with the Neighborhood Housing Development Corporation to <br /> build and market these homes. <br /> The petitioners have submitted eight separate home designs for the single family, owner- <br /> occupied homes. The units range from two bedroom, single story homes to three bedroom, two <br /> story homes. The architectural styles are similar to the vernacular styles found throughout <br /> Decatur. The Planned Development site plan shows that the house on Lot 47, originally <br /> approved as a single family rental unit,will be used temporarily as a community laundry facility. <br /> The future Phase 2 of Wabash Crossing includes a mixed-use commercial center which will <br /> include a laundry facility. Until the commercial center is built, the home on Lot 47 will serve as <br /> the laundry facility for the rental tenants. A note on the site plan states that the house will be <br /> converted back to residential use once a new laundry facility is built. <br /> The Planned Development Amendment ordinance includes requirements for architectural <br /> variation to insure aesthetic interest and future marketability of the homes. There are also <br /> requirements for landscaping, fencing and private sidewalks. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: Staff is not aware of any opposition to this Planned Development <br /> amendment <br />