A request that would let Habitat for Humanity build an affordable home on a vacant West Bond Street lot is on hold for a few more weeks because of a problem with the public notice.
The nonprofit wants the city to rezone the property at 2016 W. Bond St. from SF-7.5 to SF-5, a single-family district that allows smaller lots. The item appears on the City Council's agenda for its 6 p.m. meeting Monday, Oct. 5, but city staff are asking the council to table the public hearing to Oct. 19.
The Planning and Zoning Commission already pushed its own hearing on the case to Oct. 13, citing a "noticing discrepancy," according to the staff report by Planning Manager Dianne York.
Why the lot needs new zoning
The lot is about 0.17 acre and measures roughly 50.45 feet wide, according to Habitat's project narrative in the council packet. Habitat wrote that the width falls short of the 60 feet it needs under the current zoning, and the staff report notes the lot's shape also makes the two-car garage required in SF-7.5 hard to fit.
Habitat proposes a three-bedroom, two-bathroom home of about 1,150 square feet of living space with a single-car attached garage. Without the zoning change, the narrative says, the property would stay a vacant lot. Habitat added that the lot was made available to it specifically for affordable homeownership.
