City Council Special Meeting:
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT
OF ORDINANCE NO. 10, ADOPTED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL ON JANUARY 8, 2025, ENTITLED "A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MOUNT VERNON ISSUING A NOTICE OF
COMPLETION AND SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING
ON THE FINAL GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT AND ZONING PETITION FOR THE PROPOSED
DOWNTOWN TRANSIT ORIENTED ARTS DISTRICT (DTOAD)"
The City of Mount Vernon, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain and enact:
Whereas, by notice received on January 13, 2025, the City Council has requested legislation authorizing the amendment of ORDINANCE NO. 10, ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON JANUARY 8, 2025, ENTITLED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON ISSUING A NOTICE OF COMPLETION AND SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FINAL GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND ZONING PETITION FOR THE PROPOSED DOWNTOWN TRANSIT ORIENTED ARTS DISTRICT (DTOAD)" is hereby amended to read as follows:
WHEREAS, the City of Mount Vernon ("City") and 20 S. 2nd Square CMV, LLC ("Petitioner") entered into a Land Disposition Agreement, dated July 2, 2021, as amended ("Agreement"), in connection with the development of approximately 340,000 square feet of mixed residential development and other amenities, approximately 320 mixed-income residential apartments [mixed market rate and affordable housing], and up to 18,000 square feet of non-residential community space ("Development Project"); and
WHEREAS, to facilitate the Development Project, Petitioner submitted a Rezoning Petition for Zoning Map and Text Amendment, dated December 3, 2021, seeking to rezone approximately forty-one (41) tax parcels of property between East 1st and East 2nd Streets and between South 1st and South 3rd Avenue ("Property"), including certain City-owned parcels, as a new transit-oriented district to be called the Downtown Transit Oriented Arts District ("DTOAD") ("Zoning Petition," together with the ...
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