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DATE: August -4, 2009
TO: Engineering
PROJECT PLANNER: Ted Shepard
PROJECT
COMMENT
SHEET
#29-09 CHRIST CENTER COMMUNITY CHURCH
REZONE — TYPE II
Please return all comments to the project planner no later than
the staff review meeting:
August 26, 2009
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Rezoning Petition — Reason for Request:
Properly Description
The property is approximately 23 acres in size and is owned by the Christ Center Community Church.
The property includes the church and its associated parking on the west portion of the site, and open
land on the east portion. The open land to the east includes a softball field near the northeast comer
of the property.
Reason for Request
The property size is larger than is needed by the church. The parcel east of the church has been set
aside and has remained undeveloped with the intention of future development in a use compatible
with the church and the surrounding neighborhood. When the zoning designation of RL was originally
defined by the city, this east parcel was likely considered to simply be part of a larger church 'campus'
since under ownership of the church. If considered on its own merits, as a separate development
parcel alongside the church site, the designation of LMN would be appropriate for both parcels.
The 23-acre property is located at the intersection of two four -lane arterial roads and adjacent to one
of the city's Transfort bus routes (Route 5). The property connects the low -density neighborhoods to
the east (RL zoning) to the:
- shopping center to the west (NC zoning),
- major employer/manufacturing facility to the northwest (E zoning), and the
- Medium Density Mixed -Use neighborhoods to the northwest and southwest (MMN zoning).
The Purpose of the Low Density Mixed -Use Neighborhood (LMN) zone district as stated in the Land
Use Code is that it is intended to 'be a setting for a predominance of low density housing combined
with complementary and supporting lands uses that serve a neighborhood and are developed and
operated in harmony with the residential characteristics of a neighborhood. The main purpose of the
District is to meet a wide range of needs of everyday living in neighborhoods that include a variety of
housing choices, that invite walking to gathering places, services and conveniences, and that are fully
integrated into the larger community...' Additionally this section states that 'typically, Low Density
Neighborhoods will be clustered around and integral with a Medium Density Mixed -Use Neighborhood
with a Neighborhood Commercial Center at its core.' Based on its location, existing and potential
uses, surrounding zoning and surrounding land uses, this property meets the purpose of the LMN
zoning.
Consistency with the City's Comprehensive Plan
The request to rezone this property to LION is consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan. It is
consistent with the Structure Plan which indicates this area as part of a larger Low -Density Mixed -Use
Residential Neighborhood adjacent to an existing Neighborhood Commercial Center and Medium -
Density Mixed -Use Residential Neighborhoods. It supports a compact pattern of growth that facilitates
pedestrian, bicycle, and transit travel. It supports the city's transit system (Transfort) by integrating
appropriate land uses adjacent to an existing Neighborhood Commercial Center along a primary
transit route.
Changed Conditions
Since the zoning designation originally occurred for this site, conditions in the areas surrounding the
church property have changed. When built, the church was one of the largest in the neighborhood
Christ Center Community Church
Rezoning Petition — Reason for Request
and surrounding area, and may have been envisioned to grow into a larger church campus
encompassing the entire 23-acre parcel. Since then, much larger 'mega -churches' have been
developed (i.e. Timberline Church). This has changed the role of Christ Center Community Church to
a smaller, more neighborhood -based place of worship. There are no plans to expand the church
campus into the vacant land east of the current church site. Rezoning the site to LMN allows this land
to develop over time in a pattern that better suits the needs of the overall nearby neighborhoods.
Compatibility
The change to LMN zoning is compatible with existing and proposed uses surrounding the subject
land and is the appropriate zone district for the land.
Significantly Adverse Impacts
The change to LMN zoning results in no significantly adverse impacts on the natural environment,
including but not limited to water, air, noise, stormwater management, wildlife, vegetation, wetlands
and the natural functioning of the environment.
Logical and Orderly Development Pattern
The change to LMN zoning results in a logical and orderly development pattern.
Christ Center Community Church
Rezoning Petition —Reoson for Request