Department of Community Development
Reference: Bromley Park PUD 26th Amendment - Zone Change
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of the City Council
Through: Michael Martinez, City Manager
Marv Falconburg, AICP Deputy City Manager
Holly Prather, AICP, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Nicholas Di Mario, Associate Planner
Date Prepared: June 1, 2022
PURPOSE
The Zone Change via a Major PUD Amendment application before the City Council is for an approximately 18.9 acre property (the "Property"), generally located to the south of Bridge Street, west of Interstate 76, east of Golden Eagle Parkway, and north of the Speer Canal south of Longspur Drive. Currently, the Property is split between two zoning designations: (1) "Commercial," as set forth in the Bromley Park Planned Unit Development (PUD) 6th Amendment; and (2) "Office-Research/Development," as set forth in the Bromley Park Planned Unit Development 2nd Amendment. Lauren Brockman of Convergence Multifamily Real Estate Group is the applicant (the "Applicant") working on behalf of the Property owner, Sunflower Meadows Real Estates LLC (the "Owner"). Applicant desires to change the allowed land uses and densities of the Property to restrict those uses to Single Family Detached and Single Family Attached with a maximum density of 12 dwelling units per acre. As such, the Applicant is requesting a zone change, also commonly known as a rezoning.
Zoning is necessary as it guides a property's uses allowed by right or conditionally, and this, in turn, allows owners, neighbors, and the community at large to have a reasonable expectation of what can occur on the subject property. It establishes standards for construction including building height, lot coverage, and building setbacks. There are a variety of zone districts within the City including residential, commercial, industrial, mixed-use, and planned unit development (PUD).
The Land Use & Development Code (the "LUDC") outlines review criteria up...
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