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The Washington Township Board of Trustees met in Regular Session on February 3, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. at the Washington Township Government Center, 8200 McEwen Road. President Paulson opened the meeting and led the Pledge of Allegiance. FISCAL OFFICER'S BUSINESS None. ZONING CASE Z -709 RG PROPERTIES, INC., 10653 YANKEE STREET The applicant is requesting to rezone 21.5 acres of the above - referenced property from 1 -1, Light Industrial, to PD -RM, Planned Development Residential Multi- Family. Ryan Lee, Zoning Manager, made a staff presentation. Surrounding land uses include the following: 1. To the south, there is a Planned Development Transitional zone, which has been approved for quadplexes, duplexes, and Single - Family Residential, with an overall density of 2.8 development units per acre. There is also a Light Industrial office complex. 2. To the east, there is Waterbury Woods, with a density of around 1.75 units per acre, zoned PD -R. There is also the City's B -1, Light Commercial property. 3. To the north, it is zoned Light Industrial with Residential land uses and Agricultural zoning across the street on Austin. 4. To the west there is Success Lane and undeveloped Industrial land. There is predominately Single - Family Residential to the east. The City's property has been developed with a daycare. Immediately north of this property is a Speedway gas station and Success Lane is immediately to the west. Success Lane has developed in a manner that has predominantly been office uses, with the exception of South Metro Sports. The property in question was part of a study area in the Township's 2004 comprehensive plan. Within Study Area H, they proposed future land use objectives moving forward. It talked about retaining the Light Industrial area as more of a Flex Office /Light Industrial while interjecting some Residential within that southeast boundary. No development apart from the Speedway has occurred in the more recent past. This is the first request within the study area. The study area talks about having Residential and increasing the density, above what is within the surrounding vicinity, as long as it meets certain neighborhood objectives or community quality objectives, such as walking, hiker /biker trails and neighborhood amenity qualities. These would be reviewed as part of the Second Stage process. When looking at the permitted uses within a Light Industrial, you have a long list of principal permitted uses as well as certain conditional uses, which are much more impactful than what is being requested. What is being requested is not on the list. From staff's perspective, the migration from Light Industrial to Residential meets some of the objectives from the Create - the - Vision as well as projecting some of the existing land uses in close proximity to what could develop today. Mr. Lee noted that, as long as it meets all of our codes and objectives from the Zoning Resolution, it would only need staff approval for those site plans. A public hearing would not be necessary. Mr. Lee stated that the applicant submitted an original concept plan; however, the First Stage Development Plan only looks at land use as well as egress and ingress points. 2/03/14 Page