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455 First Avenue rezoning proposal description

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Chair Kevin C. Riley presents the 455 First Avenue rezoning proposal, which aims to redevelop a parcel of city-owned land into a new commercial life sciences building across from the SPARC project.

  • Proposal seeks to develop a 359,000 square foot commercial life sciences building
  • Three actions are proposed: zoning map amendment, special permit, and zoning text amendment
  • Council Member Rivera supports this proposal
Kevin C. Riley
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The next vote concerns a proposal across First Avenue from the Spark proposal and involves LUs two fourteen through two sixteen.
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The proposal, which is known as 455 First Avenue rezoning, seeks to redevelop a parcel of city owned land as new commercial life science life sciences building that will be approximately 359,000 square feet.
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The proposal consists of three actions, a zoning map amendment to change an r eight residential district with a c two dash five commercial overlay to a c six dash four commercial overlay excuse me, commercial district, A zoning special permit to allow more flexibility in the design of the building.
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And the third action is a zoning text amendment to map an MIH over the rezoning area for similar reasons in the spark proposal.
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Council member Rivera supports this proposal.
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