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Amending the Junction Neighborhood Development Plan to revise the land use recommendation for an approximately 7.3-acre area located on the west side of Junction Road south of Old Sauk Road from Office Uses to Community Mixed-Use.
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WHEREAS the Junction Neighborhood Development Plan was adopted by the Madison Common Council on September 18, 1990 as an element of the City of Madison Master Plan to include long term land use and development recommendations for the area west of the West Beltline Highway between Old Sauk Road and Mineral Point Road; and
WHEREAS the Junction Neighborhood Development Plan was last amended by the Common Council on July 7, 1992; and
WHEREAS the Junction Neighborhood Development Plan currently recommends that office uses be developed on the subject properties on the west side of Junction Road south of Old Sauk Road; and
WHEREAS the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan, adopted by the Madison Common Council on January 16, 2006 recommends General Commercial Uses for the subject property, and identifies the area as a future Transit-Oriented Development node; and
WHEREAS the property owner and a prospective developer have proposed that an approximately 4.5-acre parcel located within the subject property be developed instead with a mixed-use development including 176 residential apartments and just over 7,000 square feet of commercial space in three buildings; and
WHEREAS an amendment to the Junction Neighborhood Development Plan would be required for the proposed mixed-use development to be consistent with the land use recommendations in that plan; and
WHEREAS an amendment to the Junction Neighborhood Development Plan Proposed Land Use Map has been prepared to recommend that the subject lands be developed with Community Mixed-Use, generally consistent with the mixed-use development proposed by the prospective developer; and
WHEREAS a public meeting on the proposed neighborhood development plan amendment and associated development proposal was held at Attic Angel Place on June 4, 2015 to present information, answer questions, and hear comments on the proposed amendment; and
WHEREAS a subsequent public meeting on revisions to the development proposal was held at Alicia Ashman Library on July 20, 2015; and
WHEREAS City agencies have reviewed the proposed amendment to the Junction Neighborhood Development Plan, as well as the proposed rezoning application submitted by the prospective developer, and have provided comments and recommendations for consideration by the Plan Commission and Common Council.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE Junction Neighborhood Development Plan, a supplement to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan, is hereby amended to revise the land use recommendation for approximately 7.3 acres located generally on the west side of Junction Road south of Old Sauk Road from Office to Community Mixed-Use, as shown on the amended Proposed Land Use Map.