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Consider public testimony regarding, and an ordinance rezoning 1.8 acres located at 405 E. Main Street from the MU-L (Mixed-Use Limited) zoning district to the PUD (Planned Unit Development) No. 115 zoning district (Woodbine Events Center) to allow for an event center. (First Reading)*
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The purpose of the rezoning to PUD (Planned Unit Development) No. 115 is to allow the property to be used as an event center. The Nelson-Crier House was constructed between 1895 and 1900, with significant remodeling in 1931. In 1960, Eugene N. and Jean Crier Goodrich bought and renovated the mansion and named it Woodbine. It has been a single-family home since its construction. It was recently purchased by Robert and Olga Levin, who have begun remodeling it for use as a private event center, to be known as Woodbine Mansion.
The general plan designates the property as downtown mixed-use. It is zoned as MU-L (Mixed-use - limited) and H (Historic overlay). Uses allowed in the MU-L district include single-family and limited commercial uses in structures that are single-family residential in style. Specific uses include bed and breakfast, office, live/work units, and very limited retail uses. The purpose of the H district is to preserve structures, sites or areas that have outstanding historical and cultural significance. It requires that a certificate of appropriateness be received from the historic preservation commission prior to the start of any development.
An event center consists of multi-purpose rooms, outdoor courtyards, or recreational facilities used for hosting social and corporate gatherings such as weddings, parties, receptions, and dances. Although it is an allowed use in the MU-1 (Mixed-use historic commercial core) and an allowed use by special exception in the MU-2 (Mixed-use downtown medium density) zoning districts, it is not allowed in the MU-L (Mixed-use limited) district. This PUD adds the event center use, in addition to the MU-L uses cu...
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