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Legislative Public Hearings to Consider the Habitat for Humanity Multifamily Development: Rezoning to HR-CC-CZ and associated Text Amendments
PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND: The Town has received a petition to rezone property at 8717 Rogers Road from HR-R (Historic Rogers Road-Residential) to HR-CC-CZ (Historic Rogers Road-Community Commercial, Conditional) to construct approximately 86 townhomes. An application for text amendments to the Land Use Ordinance associated with the project has also been received. Two ordinances, one for the requested text amendment and the other for the requested map amendment have been prepared; the Town Council must receive public input before reaching a decision on these requests.
BACKGROUND: In June 2025, Habitat for Humanity of Orange County submitted a concept plan for an affordable multifamily townhome development along the west side of Rogers Road. A formal petition for conditional rezoning and an application for text amendments were subsequently submitted in the fall of 2025, followed by agency review in the spring and summer of 2026. The proposal involves rezoning seven parcels, totally approximately 15.5 acres from HR-R to HR-CC-CZ conditional. The property can be seen in the attached vicinity map (Attachment C).
Applicant materials include the petition for change of zoning, an affordable housing summary, rezoning exhibit site plans and architectural drawings, recreation facility calculations, neighborhood information meeting summaries, and a Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) (Attachments G-L). The applicant’s request for the associated text amendments to the Land Use Ordinance is provided as Attachment E.
In the text amendment application, the applicant requested changes in the LUO to: 1) allow for an increase in residential density in the HR-CC district from three units per acre to five units per acre and to reduce the minimum lot size for the HR-CC district to align with the new density, 2) allow for alternative ways...
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