Application of Zella Apartments, LLC for a contract rezone of a site located at 203 West Republican St. from Neighborhood Commercial 3 with a 65 foot height limit (NC3 65) to Neighborhood Commercial 3 with an 85 foot height limit (NC3 85) (Project No. 3020961; Type IV)
Thank you. Excellent. Any further comments? Those in favor of confirming the appointments vote i. I. Those opposed vote no. The motion carries and appointments are confirmed. Please read the report of the Planning Land Use and Zoning Committee. The Report of the Planning Land Use and Zoning Committee Agenda one six Clark 53143314. The amended title application, Zillow Apartments, LLC for a contract reason of a site located at 203 West Republican Street from Neighborhood Commercial three with a 65 foot height limit to neighborhood of commercial three with an 85 foot height limit, the committee recommends the full council grant. The application as conditioned. Comes from Johnson. Thank you. Council President So we have three actions before us to approve the zoning change. The first is a vote on the clerk afterwards grants. The application for the Council bill will need to substitute the executed properties and development agreement and then vote on the Council vote, which amends the municipal code to accept that property use and development agreement. This is the property in Lower Kiernan slash uptown. It's two or three West Republican Street. It changes the zoning from 65 feet to 85 feet. But in reality the project is only at 70 feet, so it's a contract free zone for a five foot change. On the high limit, the project is going to contain 128 residential units, including some live work of on the ground floor and retail space on the ground floor. The applicant is voluntarily complying with the mandatory housing affordability program, which is great, and during our committee's deliberation, they revised their proposal to reflect the direction that the committee was signaling, which was that they changed the number of affordable units to 26. So they eliminated the sort of, quote unquote, double dip between their mandatory housing affordability units and the multifamily tax exemption credit units that they were using. And they also revised the proposal so that the affordable units were representative of the mix of units in the building. So we're getting a really good win on this only extra five feet and a lot of good, affordable units, both on the MJ program and in the MFT program committee recommended passage unanimously. I'm happy to take questions if my colleagues have any. Any comments from our colleagues? Having seen then I will. State that those in favor of granting the application as condition please vote i. I those oppose vote no. The motion carries the application is granted as condition and the chair will sign the findings, conclusions and the decision of the City Council. Please read the next agenda item into the record. You can read the shorter title if it's more convenient. Agenda Item seven Council Bill 118 934 Relating to land use and Sony amending Chapter 23.3 to 7. Mr. Coda, Page 99. The committee recommends the bill pass.