Update -- Think Credit Union
Sorry for not updating this site for a while. I intended to do so while at the National League of Cities Conference in Washington, DC last week but somehow some of that Washington-itis rubbed off on me and then when I returned home spend a few days with a 102 fever for some unknown reason. Am much better and about to take of for Florida to visit some grandkids for about 3 weeks so I thought I'd better take a shot at this.
(I'll be watching my emails and checking stuff so will be in touch but not planing to be a fanatic about the whole thing either!)
After the last City Planning and Zoning Commision meeting both Think CU and our planning department had been meeting to get to the fne points of what to present to the city council for final approval on the zoning and approval of their General Development Plan (GDP).
There are a lot of details that the average person doesn't see that goes into these things and many of us who work with these things at every council meeting still have a lot to learn but to net it out Think is offering to use only 12% of their property for commercial use and leave the rest as green space.
Now this is much less than the B1 zoning would allow and I think it's a good deal. B1 in this case is overkill and our planning department would rather set the tone for the area by recommending a more appropriate zone, preferebly a "mixed-zone" (commercial/residential) that would do the same thing but set precedence for other future developement that may occur in our area.
They are waiting for the traffic study results to be compiled and analyzed and would like to use this study to make the appropriate zoning recommendation as this would then set the ruel for other land in the area.
So, we're going to have to wait and see but I believe a 35.000 sq ft max floor space with appropriate ratio of parking space is what will probably happen and that's a very good low impact use of almost 9 acres.
Will let you know when I learn more.
PS. You can respond to this blog or contact me at bobnow@charter.net .
Bob
(I'll be watching my emails and checking stuff so will be in touch but not planing to be a fanatic about the whole thing either!)
After the last City Planning and Zoning Commision meeting both Think CU and our planning department had been meeting to get to the fne points of what to present to the city council for final approval on the zoning and approval of their General Development Plan (GDP).
There are a lot of details that the average person doesn't see that goes into these things and many of us who work with these things at every council meeting still have a lot to learn but to net it out Think is offering to use only 12% of their property for commercial use and leave the rest as green space.
Now this is much less than the B1 zoning would allow and I think it's a good deal. B1 in this case is overkill and our planning department would rather set the tone for the area by recommending a more appropriate zone, preferebly a "mixed-zone" (commercial/residential) that would do the same thing but set precedence for other future developement that may occur in our area.
They are waiting for the traffic study results to be compiled and analyzed and would like to use this study to make the appropriate zoning recommendation as this would then set the ruel for other land in the area.
So, we're going to have to wait and see but I believe a 35.000 sq ft max floor space with appropriate ratio of parking space is what will probably happen and that's a very good low impact use of almost 9 acres.
Will let you know when I learn more.
PS. You can respond to this blog or contact me at bobnow@charter.net .
Bob
posted by Bob Nowicki | 8:51 PM
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