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MEMORANDUM
TO: .Planning & Zoning Commission
FROM: Joey Dunn, Staff Planner
DATE: May 9,.1996
SUBJECT: PROPOSED NG - NORTHGATE ZONING DISTRICT
As you know, the Northgate Redevelopment Plan is complete and was adopted by the City
Council on Januaryll, 1996. The Plan. outlines the current existing conditions in Northgate, as
well as the potential for future redevelopment and revitalization opportunities. One of the
recommendations was to rezone the Northgate area as a planned development (PD) district which
would incorporate design guidelines relative to specific "subareas" within Northgate.
Therefore, staff has taken. the general recommendation from the Plan and generated ~ proposed
ordinance. amendment which would apply general standards to the entire Northgate. area, defined
in the Plan as the area north of University Drive to the City Limits, and from Wellborn Road east
to South College Avenue: Specific standards would also be applied to three smaller
"subdistricts":
• NG-1 Historic Northgate -which would generally apply to the "core area" of Northgate, in
the vicinity of the existing C-NG Commercial Northgate district;
• NG-2.Commercial Northgate -which would replace the existing C-1 district in the general
area of the Albertson. shopping .center; and.
• NG 3 Residential Northgate -which would consist of the. existing residential areas to the
north to be zoned for. higher density residential redevelopment.
The proposed ordinance amendment which is enclosed in your packet is the result of input from
the previous Northgate Ad Hoc Steering Committee, the. current Northgate Revitalization Board,
members of city staff, and Northgate merchants, residents, and property owners through a
community meeting held on April 30, 1996. The intent of this ordinance is to "clean-up" the
various zoning districts within the Northgate area and to provide a framework for future
redevelopment and revitalization efforCs.
The specific standards proposed for each subdistrict will'be discussed in the presentation ~.t the
P&Z meeting. At this time, approval is being sought for the ordinance amendment itself, not
specific subdistrict boundaries. After the ordinance amendment is adopted by Council, we will
then proceed with City-initiated rezonings through separate P&Z and Council public hearings to
determine the exact boundaries of each subdistrict.
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