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PLANNING COMMISSION
REPORT
Planning Commission Report
BELLGROVE ZONING DIST;ICT
January 13, 1987
PURPOSE: To review and recommend action on a change in
zoning districts.
BACKGROUND: Last spring a moratorium was placed on the
Bellgrove area to prohibit subdivisions. This
moratorium was placed on the area in response to a
petition by the Bellgrove residents. The moratorium
gave the City staff time to study the impact of
changing the lot size and to make recommendations on
the request of the Bellgrove residents. Since that
time an amendment to the ordinance was passed which
allows improvements to homes with less than minimum lot
sizes provided that the improvements meets the
ordinance requirements. Before this amendment was
passed, a home on a less than minimum lot size was
considered non - conforming.
Minimum Lot Area Required
R -1 -A 6,000
R -1 -B 8,000
R -1 -C 12,000
R -1 -D 20,000
ANALYSIS: The following is a summary of the lot
characteristics for the current R -1 -D Districts.
Drillane: Almost all lots are under 20,000 square
feet, only four are over 20,000.
Hobby Acres: Currently approximately one -half of Hobby
Acres is zoned R -1 -C. Most lots range from 15,000 to
19,000 square feet.
Knollwood: Currently this area has approximately 12
lots under 20,000 square feet.
Bellgrove: It appears that al] lot, in Bellgrove are
over 20,000 square feet.
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BELLGROVE
Under 25,000 sq.ft. 25,000 - 30,000 sq.ft.
4 2
30,000 - 35,000 sq.ft. 35,000 - 40,000 sq.ft.
6 15
40,000- 50,000 sq.ft.
22 15
50,000 - 60,000 sq.ft.
60,000 - 70,000 sq.ft. Over 70,000 sq.ft.
6 15
KN0LLWOOD
Under 20,000 sq.ft. 20,000- 25,000 sq.ft.
12 2
25,000 - 30,000 sq.ft. 30,000- 35,000 sq.ft.
5 9
35,000- 40,000 sq.ft. 40,000- 50,000 sq.ft.
9 10
50,000 - 60,000 sq.ft.
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A logical course of action would be to rezone Hobby
Acres and Drillane to R -1 -C. That rezoning then would
leave Knollwood and Bellgrove the remaining R -1 -D
Districts. There are then three courses of action that
could take place. The first is to leave the minimum lot
size at 20,000 square feet. The second would be to
increase the minimum lot size and the third would be to
create a new district. Our recommendation in November
was to create a new district, however after a great
deal of consideration, staff decided it would be more
practical to enlarge the minimum lot size in the R -1 -D
District than create a new district. It was felt by
the staff that since the City already has nine
residential districts, creating a new one might set a
precedent for other areas to seek different zoning.
The only way to prohibit all the subdivisions in the
remaining R -1 -D Districts would be to increase the lot
size to over 50,000 square feet. However, with a lot
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size of 30,000 to 35,000 square feet a majority of the
Knollwood area would still be conforming and the
subdivisions would be limited in the Bellgrove area.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Keep the minimum lot size for R -1 -D Districts
at 20,000 square feet.
2. Increase the minimum lot size for the R -1 -D
Districts.
3. Increase the minimum lot size for the R -1 -D
District and rezone Hobby Acres and Drillane
to R -1 -C.
4. Create a new residential district for
Bellgrove.
RECOMMENDATIONS: I recommend changing Hobby Acres and
Drillane to R -1 -C and increasing the minimum lot size
of the R -1 -D District to 30,000 square feet.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy . Anderson,
Community Development
Analyst
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