CEDAR FALLS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COLLEGE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD
The College Hill Neighborhood, identified in Figure 9.10, lies adjacent to the Univer- sity of Northern Iowa and consists of a commercial district along College Street and the surrounding older residential area. As in most University towns, this area adja- cent to the institution has been impacted by conversion of residential properties to student rental housing, infill student apartment construction, and student-related commercial businesses. As a result, this neighborhood has been the focus of several planning and revitalization initiatives over the years, including revision of the apart- ment zoning district boundaries and, recently, public streetscape improvements in the commercial district along College.
The appropriate area for the land use transition from an apartment district serving student housing needs to a stable historic district of single-family homes is a long- standing issue for the community. Integral with that issue is the definition of appro- priate zoning and design standards that should be required for multiple-family infill construction in the College Hill Neighborhood.
This section introduces the issue of land use transition in the College Hill Neighbor- hood. The resolution of this issue is tied to the review of appropriate neighborhood zoning districts and the establishment of design standards for new construction. New or refined zoning districts, as well as design standards, can help mitigate the impact of new multi-family construction on the existing neighborhood and there- fore can influence the delineation of transition areas.
It is understood that following this comprehensive plan adoption, the city will un- dertake the development of a new city zoning ordinance. A part of that project will be a review/revision of the current College Hill Neighborhood Overlay District regu- lations, including a comprehensive look at proposed new design standards. While the resolution of the land use transition issue must await that discussion, the follow- ing information can provide useful background.
The Neighborhood has an active neighborhood association, the College Hill Part- nership (CHP), that has been proactive in supporting neighborhood stabilization and revitalization. CHP secured support from the University to conduct a neigh- borhood analysis in 2010 entitled “College Hill Neighborhood Housing Inventory”, prepared by researcher Hillery Oberle in association with the Recreation Research & Service Program of the UNI Wellness Recreation Center. This is an excellent resource for the land use discussion, as it provides maps and text describing residential oc- cupancy status and numerous characteristics of neighborhood properties.
CHP has a set of long-term goals for the College Hill neighborhood, which are copied below:
1) Commercial infill development - Extend the streetscape along 22nd Street to
improve pedestrian access with wider, brick sidewalks and parallel or angled on- street parking (or, alternately, parking behind buildings), and spur local develop- ment of more mixed-use storefronts with apartment dwellings above. Bring mix- used commercial development between 21st
and 22nd and “Lower Hill” along College Street into a more cohesive, walkable retail area.
Streets to link the “Upper Hill”
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