Dear Fellow Residents, Last year, your city commission unanimously changed our Comprehensive Plan to remove the possibility for rezoning land for high density residential use (greater than 17 units per acre) (see page 1). We did this exactly to discourage proposals for large apartment buildings such as that under construction in Ravaudage. We also agreed to remove Planned Development zoning from the Comprehensive Plan and to create yet to be defined Mixed Use zoning (think Hannibal Square). So then, what’s up at Ravaudage? Ravaudage is a 54 acre Planned Development project approved by Orange County in 2011 (see page 279)….
Commentary by Pete Weldon
