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<br />ORDINANCE HO~14:..l.~. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE TO CLOSE CAMPUS DRIVE EXTENDED. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, implementation of the Victory Village Master Plan is occurring on the old <br />Fairwood Homes site - land that was a former blighted housing community; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, during the 1990's, approximately 135 acres of the former Fairwood Homes <br />site was sold to the Economic Development Authority; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, during the initial planning stages, a suburban style development was <br />explored that included single story buildings, vehicle oriented development practices and <br />suburban style surface parking areas; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, after careful consideration, suburban style development was rejected; and <br />the vision of Victory Village as an urban style, pedestrian oriented employment center that <br />would provide the density and walkability associated with an urban community was substituted; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the vision of an urban community for the Victory Village property is found <br />in both the City's Comprehensive Plan adopted in 2005 and the Design Guidelines for Victory <br />Village that the applicant proffered as a condition of the initial rezoning; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the applicant, Victory Crossing, II, LLC, has now requested an amendment <br />to the Master Plan for Victory Village that will necessitate the closure of Campus Drive <br />Extended; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission at a meeting held on June 5, 2012, recommended <br />approval of the closure and vacation of said street, described as follows: <br /> <br />Campus Drive Extended beginning at the southern line of <br />Freedom Avenue and running southwardly 329 feet, more <br />or less to its terminus. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in considering the street closure, the Planning Commission found that <br />additional improvements to the property will be required to ensure that Victory Village will be <br />developed as a high-quality, pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use environment, that the streets and <br />blocks of Victory Village form an easy, comprehensible network for the organization of public <br />life, and that frequent intersections provided by a gridded street pattern offer the public <br />numerous options and alternative routes, which are stated goals in the adopted Design Guidelines <br />for Victory Village; and <br />