§ 331-69. CR-1 College and College Related Uses District.

A. 

Uses allowed by right, upon application for rezoning and approval by the City Council, following a public hearing as per procedures established in Subsection C for rezoning to District CR-1 from any existing zone.

(1) 

College and college related uses such as: classroom buildings, buildings for college administrative office functions, buildings and/or facilities for athletics dormitories, and off-street parking facilities.

(2) 

All uses shall be located on a parcel owned by the college, which parcel must be immediately adjacent to the existing college campus or other parcels designated CR-1.

B. 

Dimensional requirements.

(1) 

Upon recommendation of the Planning Board, and upon receipt and consideration of related studies, plans and other such documentation as Council may request, City Council shall determine appropriate floor area ratio.

(2) 

Height shall be limited to highest point of the highest structure on proposed site. If there are no structures on the subject site, height shall be no higher than highest structure within a radius of 250 feet.

(3) 

Upon recommendation of the Planning Board, and upon receipt and consideration of related studies, plans and other such documentation as the Council may request, the City Council shall determine appropriate length of building, appropriate coverage of lot, appropriate lot dimensions, appropriate yard dimensions, and appropriate off-street parking.

C. 

Regulations applying to CR-1 District.

(1) 

Council shall determine adequate screening and buffering between CR-1 use and any adjacent residential use.

(2) 

Procedure for zoning designation.

(a) 

College (applicant) submits to City Council, a formal application requesting rezoning of a specific parcel to CR-1.

(b) 

City Council remands application to Planning Board for a report and recommendation on the following:

[1] 

Rezoning application.

[2] 

Proposed specific site controls.

(c) 

City Council establishes proposes site-specific controls.

(d) 

City Council schedules a public hearing on the rezoning application and proposed site-specific controls. The published public hearing notice shall include a description of all site-specific controls. All property owners within 250 feet of the parcel proposed for rezoning shall receive written notice of public hearing which shall include all specific site controls proposed which are on site. The site-specific controls approved by the Council shall become part of and attached to these zoning regulations and shall serve to satisfy the purposes enumerated in Article I, in particular to regulate and limit the height, bulk, and location of the proposed site. The notice shall be mailed, registered mail, return receipt requested, by the proponent of the rezoning at least 15 days before the date of the public hearing.

(e) 

The City Council holds a public hearing.

(f) 

Upon closing of the public hearing and completion of the SEQRA process, the City Council may approve the rezoning application and site-specific controls. Council approval shall be of rezoning of specific property with schedule of site-specific controls in the rezoning resolution or in a separate companion resolution.

(g) 

Once rezoning and site-specific controls are approved by the City Council, any modification requested by an applicant must be approved by the City Council. There shall be no variance procedure other than Council action for parcels rezoned in the CR-1.