At its next meeting — on Tuesday, December 11, at 7:30pm — the City Council will act on a Planning Commission recommendation to rezone several properties on the western side of Juanita Drive where it intersects with Holmes Point Drive (just above the Juanita Woodlands) and 122nd Place (running between the Shell Station and the 76 Station/Village Mart). The proposed zoning amendment affects two vacant parcels owned by Jeff Howard, a developer, between the Sinclair town homes and Fire Station 25, as well as the properties now occupied by Fire Station 25 and the single story office building adjacent to the Juanita Woodlands. Mr. Howard’s parcel next to the Sinclair homes is zoned RMA 2.4, which permits residential multi-family housing (up to 18 units per acre). Mr. Howard’s other parcel, next to the fire station, is zoned BNA, which also permits multi-family housing but requires retail space on the ground floor. The BNA zoning also applies to the fire station land office building parcels and is part of the Holmes Point Business District, which includes the Shell station and the Village Mart/76 station/Plaza Garcia shops. (The Holmes Point Business District and is one of two business districts on Finn Hill; the other business district encompasses the QFC/Inglewood shopping area.) Mr. Howard asked the city in 2010 to replace the BNA zoning on his parcel next to the fire station,...
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