SUBJECT: General Business
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PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of a Resolution of the Planning Commission of the Town of Erie Recommending that the Board of Trustees Approve an Ordinance Rezoning Portions of the Property at Colliers Hill from Suburban Residential to Low Density Residential as shown on the Bridgewater Zoning Map - Amendment No. 2
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DEPARTMENT: Planning & Development Department
PRESENTER: Chris LaRue, Senior Planner
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approval
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
All of Colliers Hill is bounded by Erie Parkway on the south, WCR 5 on the east, and the RTD right-of-way on the north and west. The rezoning is proposed on Tract 18 (Village 1) of the Bridgewater Master Subdivision. Village 1 is located northwest of WCR5 and WCR10. All of Colliers Hill is approximately 965.83 acres in size, while Village 1 is 151.72 acres.
The properties that make up the Bridgewater (Colliers Hill) area were annexed with the PUD overlay into the Town in 2007. The original Master Plat was approved in 2011. Village 1 has never been re-platted since the original Master Plat.
The rezoning application proposes changing the current Suburban Residential (SR) zone district boundaries in Village 1 to Low-Density Residential (LR). The Estate Residential (ER) zoned area north of the railroad tracks, will remain unchanged and will be maintained as private open space per the PUD. The proposed rezoning affects only Village 1, and would rezone a portion of the property from Suburban Residential (SR) which has a density range of up to 3 dwelling units per acre to Low-Density Residential (LR) which has a density range of 3 to 5 dwelling units per acre. The applicant wishes to rezone to allow more density within the area to accommodate single-family detached and duplex residential uses similar to what has already been developed to the south in Colliers Hill. Overall the rezone request would impact 142.25 acres and the PUD ...
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