some interesting items here, including a couple of small annexations and multifamily developments. none downtown though:
PLANNING & ZONING MEETING WEDNESDAY, MAY 19th, 2021
III. ANNEXATION ITEMS
1. 7273 and 7277 Cahaba Valley Road
Land Use / Development Request
Jim Beatty, representing Capstone Properties, is requesting the annexation of two properties that are located on Cahaba Valley Road (Highway 119) in unincorporated Shelby County and adjoining the Overton neighborhood in the City of Birmingham. The site also abuts the City of Hoover and the nearby Greystone subdivision. The site is within proximity to the St. Vincent’s 119 medical campus and the Tattersall Park retail development. It is the intent of Capstone to resurvey the parcels with the goal of developing a 170-unit rental development comprised of individual cottages and townhomes. In addition, the applicant will seek to rezone all of his holdings from B-2 and HZD (Shelby County zoning) to D5 (multi-family housing).
2. 3520, 3526, 3505, 3500, 3540 Cahaba Valley Rd and 3456 Grants Mill Rd
Land Use / Development Request
Wayne Graves is requesting the annexation of five properties that are located near theintersection of Cahaba Valley Road (Highway 119) and Grants Mill Road in unincorporated Jefferson County and adjoining the Overton neighborhood in the City of Birmingham. It is the intent of Wayne Graves to resurvey the newly annexed parcels with property that he currently owns that is located in the City of Birmingham with the goal of developing a 200-unit apartment development and 30,000 square feet of retail to include a potential grocer. In addition, the applicant will seek to rezone all of his holdings from AG, C-1 and HZD to D5 (multi-family housing) and C-1 (neighborhood commercial) for the proposed retail development along Highway 119 and multi-family development in the rear with access from Grants Mill Road.
IV. ZONING ITEMS
1. ZAC2020-00002 Glen Iris
Application to change zone district boundaries from B-5 (Mixed Business District) to “Q” C-2 (Qualified General Commercial District) in order for the property to be redeveloped into an automobile dealership and service center, filed by Ray Jones, representing the owner, ATLAS NC 1 SPE LLC, for the property located at 488 Palisades Boulevard and situated in the NE ¼ of Section 14, Township 18-S, Range 3-West (Council District 3).
Proposed Use: Automobile dealership to include a service center
The City’s Long Range Land Use Plan identifies the property as General Commercial. This land use category is characterized by commercial and service uses, general and large retail uses, restaurants and food stores. Additional uses include hotels, motels, movie theatres, offices, schools and multi-family residential. This property is in the Northside/Southside Framework Plan. The Plan identifies this property as General Commercial and recommends that the zoning be changed to C-2 (B-5 does not exist in the new zoning classifications). The proposed rezoning request is Consistent with the Long Range Land Use Plan.
2. ZAC2020-00028 Overton
An application to pre-zone territory proposed for annexation from HZ (Holding Zone- Jefferson County) to D-5 (Multiple Dwelling District) and C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial District), filed by C. Randall Minor, representing the owner, Brock Maddox, LLC and Wayne & Pattie Graves, for the properties located at 3520, 3526, 3506, & 3540 Cahaba Valley Road; 3500 Eastern Valley Road and 3456 Grants Mill Rd (Outside City Limits of Birmingham) and 3504 Cahaba Valley Road situated in the SE ¼ of Section 10, Township 18-S, Range 1-West ,35242 (Council District 2).
Proposed Use: A new multi-family development consisting of up to 300 units and approximately 24,400 sf of supporting neighborhood retail and services.
These proposed properties are outside the city limits of Birmingham; however, the City’s Long Range Land Use Plan identifies the properties adjacent to the proposed rezoning request as Residential-Low and Open Space. The residential–low (single-family) district is designed to allow for districts to ensure that they reflect existing or desired character and consolidate residential zoning districts that do not result in significant variations in development. Uses in this district include: single-family homes, school’s churches, and neighborhood-serving public uses. The open space is land not covered by man-made water-resistant surfaces, parking or
buildings, other than recreational structures, pools or stormwater facilities, which may be landscaped or preserved in a natural state for private use of owners or quests, or for public access as may be required by the provisions of these regulations or the zoning ordinance. The proposed rezoning request is Not Consistent with the Long Range Land Use Plan that is adjacent to the proposed rezoning request.
3. ZAC2020-00036 Glen Iris
Application to change zone district boundaries from O&I (Office & Institutional District) to C-2 (General Commercial District) in order to construct new multiple-family apartment units), filed by Robert A. McCann, representing the owner, HCP Midcity, LLC., for the property located at 1110 Beacon Parkway East and situated in the SE ¼ of Section 11, Township 18-S, Range 3- West (Council District 3).
Proposed Use: A new multiple-family apartment development
The City’s Long Range Land Use Plan identifies the property as General Commercial. This general commercial district is designed to allow for areas serving a citywide or regional trade
area, including shopping and entertainment centers that offer a range of retail and service establishments. Uses in this district include: leisure and entertainment uses, high density multifamily, schools, churches, and neighborhood-serving public uses. Office uses with ground floor retail are encouraged. This district is intended to be accessible by auto, but should be designed to accommodate pedestrians and bicyclists, provide interior circulation between properties, and appropriate landscaping to counter heat island and stormwater impacts. The proposed rezoning request is Consistent with the Long Range Land Use Plan.
4. ZAC2021-00001 Oxmoor
Application to change zone district boundaries from MXD (Mixed-Use District) to D-5 (Multiple Dwelling District) in order to construct a new multi-family development along Lakeshore Parkway, filed by Andrew Phillips, representing the owner, The UAB Research Foundation, for the property located at 2800 Milan Court and situated in the NE ¼ of Section 31, Township 18-S, Range 3-West, 35211 (Council District 7).
Proposed Use: A 294-unit multi-family development along Lakeshore Parkway
The current zoning, MXD, Commercial Use Group 3, allows the following uses: 1) All uses allowed in Commercial Use Group 2, except residential uses, 2) Building contractors, 3) Light Manufacturing use - provided uses do not create any danger to health or safety in surrounding areas and which do not create any objectionable noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor, heat or
glare, or release any pollutant which would require a permit from a state or federal agency, 4) Wholesale sales, 5) Shipping/receiving, warehousing and self-storage, 6) Auto repair, 7) Auto sales, new or used. 8) Animal hospitals and veterinarians, 9) Broadcasting stations, and 10) Other like uses. Residential uses are not permitted in Commercial Use Group 3.