Monastery Adaptive Reuse Planned Development

At a glance

• What: Zoning Docket 73/26, a request by the Franciscan Poor Clares for a Planned Development to turn a monastery on Henry Clay Avenue (Square 27, Lot 1, Sixth Municipal District) into multi-family dwellings in an HU-RD2 district and the Character Preservation Corridor Design Overlay.
• Planning Commission: recommended approval with three exceptions and one proviso.
• Outcome: on October 1, 2026, after a hearing, Councilmember McCarron withdrew her original Motion M-26-366 and moved a substitute that grants the request subject to the one proviso and three exceptions plus one more exception to the requirements of Article 18 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. Seconded by Harris; 6-0 with King absent. Speaker cards were filed.
• Related: Calendar No. 35,561 (Zoning Docket 72/26), adopted on the October 1 consent agenda (Ordinance No. 30,786 M.C.S.), amends Articles 5 and 26 of the zoning ordinance to allow new structures as part of the adaptive reuse of an existing industrial, commercial or institutional structure within a planned development.

Sources

• City Council regular meeting minutes, October 1, 2026: https://cityofno.legistar1.com/cityofno/meetings/2026/10/1016_M_City_Council_26-10-01_MINUTES.pdf
• City Council regular meeting minutes, September 3, 2026 (final, revised): https://cityofno.legistar1.com/cityofno/meetings/2026/9/1041_M_City_Council_26-09-03_MINUTES.pdf

Log

2026-10-01 - City Council

Hearing held; substitute motion with an added Article 18 exception adopted 6-0. On the video, McCarron said a recent text amendment made the project feasible and neighbors supported it.

2026-09-03 - City Council

Deferred to September 17; Motion M-26-366 introduced.