Appendix C: Significant Changes in Land Use in the North City Sector

The most significant changes in land use that have occured or are proposed for the following areas:

Jim Sterchi Road and Dry Gap Pike
Changed to reflect low density residential rezoning that has occurred since the last update. There is a remnant of commercial (C-6) zoning still in place.

Central Avenue Pike (North of Steeplechase Apartments and West of the Railroad)
Changed from slope protection area, low density residential and office to mixed-use including slope protection area, office, low density residential, and medium density residential.

Dante Road and Fountain City Road
If and when the alignment of Fountain City Road is changed to create a “T” intersection with Dante Road, recommend that the remnant triangle parcel be changed from low density residential to neighborhood commercial.

North side of Shasta Drive
Changed from office to mixed-use including office and neighborhood commercial. Concerns were raised by residents about the impact of these uses on existing neighborhoods. A consensus was reached with the following ideas: 1) a buffer (which could be a linear park space or deeded open space) on the north side of Shasta would be required including planting requirements, and 2) no pass-through or commercial traffic would be allowed on Shasta (all traffic for commercial purposes would be off of Merchants Drive).

South side of Shasta Drive
Changed from low density residential to mixed-use including office, low density residential, and medium density residential. It was determined that office uses could be permitted if there were design standards that kept the architecture of the office compatible with surrounding housing and including landscape buffers and parking location requirements.

North side of Dutch Valley Road (one lot deep) west of Plummer Road
Changed from slope protection area, public institutional, low density residential and medium density residential to mixed use including slope protection area, public institutional, low density residential, medium density residential and office. Through the community meeting it was determined that office uses could be permitted if there were design standards that kept the architecture of the office compatible with surrounding housing and including landscape buffers and parking requirements.

North side of Greenway Drive between New Beverly Baptist Church Road and Beverly Road
Changed from slope protection area, public institutional, commercial, office and medium density residential to mixed-use including slope protection area, public institutional, low density residential, medium density residential and office.

North side of Greenway Drive next to Target site
Changed from commercial to general commercial and low density residential consistent with C-3 and R-1 zoning.

North side of Sharp’s Ridge, south of the railroad tracks
Changed from slope protection area and light industrial to mixed-use including office, low density residential, and slope protection area.

South side of Sharp’s Ridge between Mill Road, Millertown Pike and North Mall Road
Changed from slope protection area, stream protection area and commercial to mixed-use including slope protection area, stream protection area, commercial, office, medium density residential and high density residential.