Just giving an update that Planning Commission recommended approval of the PUD Churchill Gardens. Still a lot of loud neighborhood opposition. Should head to Council soon.
It was kind of funny hearing the "it doesn't fit here, it should be a different location, you wouldn't want it in your neighborhood" comments. I live a stone's throw from Sparrow and I would be over the moon if this was built on their carcass of a campus.
The applicant is reviewing the architecture. I haven't seen any updates - and it is separate from the PUD approval, but I believe it will become a tad more traditional. They are also speaking to a modular building company so it could go a completely different route.
I'm glad that they have the opportunity to move forward with the approval process at least.
The thought of the development becoming more "traditional" is concerning. That sounds like vinyl lap-clad standard townhouses and a 12 or 24 unit apartment building or two may be on the table. Something like that would be more of a net negative to the neighborhood than more single family housing tbh. I wish there were a way to make such rezonings conditional on certain design elements, to the best of my knowledge there's no good way to do that?
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It was kind of funny hearing the "it doesn't fit here, it should be a different location, you wouldn't want it in your neighborhood" comments. I live a stone's throw from Sparrow and I would be over the moon if this was built on their carcass of a campus.
The applicant is reviewing the architecture. I haven't seen any updates - and it is separate from the PUD approval, but I believe it will become a tad more traditional. They are also speaking to a modular building company so it could go a completely different route.
The thought of the development becoming more "traditional" is concerning. That sounds like vinyl lap-clad standard townhouses and a 12 or 24 unit apartment building or two may be on the table. Something like that would be more of a net negative to the neighborhood than more single family housing tbh. I wish there were a way to make such rezonings conditional on certain design elements, to the best of my knowledge there's no good way to do that?