opposition to the proposal. Time permitting, Council can ask questions, but
we be also aware that the petition is on the Council agenda that follows and
further discussion can take place there; and the Council meeting is
scheduled to take place at 6:30 PM. The purpose here is for Public
Comment. At the conclusion of all comments, the President of City Council
will close the record and the matter will be deliberated and voted on at
tonight's regularly scheduled City Council Meeting.
Attorney Joseph Fitzpatrick stated that he represents the Khan Family
Trust. The Khan Family Trust is the equitable owner under the agreement
of sale or the property at S. Sixth and Cumberland. A lot of you know that it
was the Montex Mill Site. It was a devastating fire there many years
ago.The property has been viewed for a number of potential reuses.This is
the furthest along that we seen an opportunity to develop a site that was a
former industrial use.He was in front of them a couple of months ago with
this proposal.It was prior to the referral of the Planning Commission.They
had presentations of the Planning Commission meeting with city and
Planning staff along with Public Works. The unanimous recommendation of
an approval for this rezoning with the Planning Commission a couple
weeks back.He went over the highpoints.The property is currently zoned
RM – Medium Density.It appears from the zoning map and the
ordinance that a portion of this is also in RMH with Medium Density/ High
Density Residential. He stated that request is to do a number of
things.They are not at the land development stage yet.They don't have
footprint for the buildings that mean anything.They are trying to get a use
that can be accommodated on this property that would respect the
character of the neighborhood, that would be an advantage of the city in
terms of having a beneficial use and a revenue stream. It also ties into
existing zoning districts.The zoning map of the city indicates that the
parcels north of Cumberland Street are zoned RMH (Medium High Density)
and south of Cumberland are zoned RM (Medium Density
Residential).There is a little bit of confusion going back some years that
Ordinance #15085 purportedly rezoned the property as RM, but it is really
unclear.It almost with this proposal that it doesn't matter.You think part of
the is RMH and the balance of it is RM.The property is currently vacant and
covered with debris because people like to dump there.It was the Montex
Textile Mill and that Mill stopped operating in 1999 when the large fire
occurred in 2005.The applicant proposes to have apartment buildings,
approximately four.It is not a land development.They will attempt to comply
with RMH zoning.They are asking City Council to consider this request and
vote for the property to be zoned RMH which is in red on the exhibit in front
of you.You should know that prior to 2013, this property was zoned BLI
(Business Light Industrial).It has roots as a factory, it is a manufacturing
facility.What they are asking tonight is uniform zoning of the entirety of the
property holdings having been vacant for over 15 years is a beneficial use
for the local owner such as Dr. Khan that is sitting here tonight.It is
beneficial.All the property itself if you look at the tax map, you can see the
property itself is 15 separate tax parcels and together it comes up to just
