7/10 Planning Commission presentation now online. Six new items this week:
1. A proposed rezoning of three blighted blocks of California-Kirkbride from residential attached, medium density (R1A-M) to Neighborhood Industrial (NI). Nothing is in this area now other than vacant lots (mostly owned by the city or Mistik) and two surviving rowhouses. Despite being rezoned to industrial, there appear to be no plans to add industrial to the area. Instead the developer (almost certainy Mistik) wants to use the ability to build multifamily in NI areas to build an apartment block on
this now vacant block. The two rezoned blocks to the east would be merged, with Doll Way eliminated and California Avenue narrowed (presumably buying out the last two holdout houses) to build a community center. Infill of vacant lots outside the scope of rezoning would add additional semi-attached units (looks like 15 in all).
2. A new single-family home at 1401 Grandview on Mount Washington.
Currently, this lot is taken up by an old frame house chopped into apartments. I feel like this was put before the Planning Commission once in the past, though I could be confusing it with another property. It's a shame that it will be a net reduction in units, but not surprising given the location.
3. Window replacement at
4760 Centre Avenue. Looks like all sides of the building will be involved. Unfortunately they're doing nothing about the glass block windows on the facade or the first-story windows which don't match the rest of the building. Basically a minor job only going to the PC because it's in the Baum-Centre corridor.
4. Another Mt. Washington project, just down the street, at
1411 Grandview. Basically minor exterior changes, including removal of
the Sweetbriar Street canopy, new driveways, landscaping, lighting, and signage.
5. Minor rehab work on
The Heinz History Center. The current three swing doors at the front entrance will be replaced by two swing doors and one revolving door.
6. Last, and certainly not least, one of the several "Mellon's Orchard" projects is before the PC. This is one
at the corner of Station Street and N. Euclid - where a parking lot currently exists. The plan is to build 12 live-work units - townhouses which will face on N Beatty Street (which will connect through the development) and 35 units of "walkup" apartments along Station Street and N Euclid. A later development phase will extend new construction south of Harvard Street. I'm a bit let down that the plan does not call for sharpening the "wide angle turn" at that corner. There will still be 33 spaces of off-street parking tucked away in the back of the block. Design is pretty blah contemporary, but usually they are in PFHA-funded units, unless they go new traditional. It certainly beats a vacant lot, however. I'm also curious what uses will be allowed by right in the live-work spaces. The area is zoned UNC, which would presumably let people open up a number of small shops or offices along the new block of N Beatty.
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