The board rejected the variance application and the Yorkshire Shopping Center will remain as it is. Thank you for pushing back against this zoning change and protecting our neighborhood character. Keep an eye on local development notices so we can move fast if they try this again.
March 30, 2018
Final supporters
The signers of this petition are opposed to Case PD 17-24 before the Memphis and Shelby County Land Use Control Board (LUCB). The application, scheduled to be heard at 10:00 a.m. on February 8, 2018, would permit the owners of Yorkshire Shopping Center (YSC) to lease space fronting Quince Road to Budget Car and Truck Rental.
YSC’s owners have framed the application as a minor change to a Planned Development. This is a distortion of fact. Zoning laws and development restrictions have changed more than once since the property was developed in the 1960’s. YSC is not and was never defined as a Planned Development. More correctly, the owners are seeking a Special Use variance for CMU-2 zoning, which is intended to support neighborhood-friendly mix of residential and commercial uses. Car and truck rental is not permitted under CMU-2 zoning, and requires a Special Use variance even in the higher-intensity commercial zoning CMU-3.
Approval of the LUCB application would:
1. Destroy the character and ambience of a now-successful neighborhood shopping center to provide a service that is neither needed nor desired by nearby residents and is opposed by the existing retail tenants.
2. Further the downward slide of Quince Road, constructed and planned as a residential – not commercial – corridor, which will destabilize multiple neighborhoods east of Perkins and south of Park.
3. Increase crime and unwanted commercialization in a still-desirable but vulnerable residential area of East Memphis, causing property values and home ownership to decrease, and prompting more property tax payers to move outside the city limits. This is a story that has been repeated over and over, and hurts all the citizens of Memphis.
4. Destabilize one of Memphis’ last remaining middle class residential areas and cause harm to multiple stakeholders, including small business owners, neighborhood associations, churches, schools, and nearby Quince Road assets such as Lichterman Nature Center and Ric Nuber YMCA.
For more information on this issue, go to https://www.facebook.com/lovebalmoral/?hc_ref=ARSC...
Updates
January 17, 2018
We hit 250 signatures today. Post this link to your Facebook page right now and email your representative to tell them this rental lot does not belong on Quince Road.
Reached 250 supporters
January 16, 2018
January 16, 2018
The momentum behind this effort proves that our neighbors refuse to let the character of Quince Road be dismantled. Send an email to your local representative right now to demand they reject the Case PD 17-24 application. Post this link on Facebook to ensure the Land Use Control Board understands exactly how many people oppose this project.
Reached 100 supporters
January 14, 2018
87 Comments
Please consider the fact that CMU-2 zoning does not permit car and truck rental. Also, such a business is not one that matches the type of neighborhood where this is located.
This is a great neighborhood- like another high point terrace. I see more and more young families walking their dogs pushing their children in strollers. This is a middle class neighborhood that has become desirable to you families and we don’t need a truck rental agency. These types of changes will make quince start to look like summer ave!
Agreed. Well said. Instead, why doesn’t YSC insure this small vacant building and lease it at nominal cost to a nearby neighborhood group as neighborhood welcome center (like VECA has) and support community assets on Quince AND the stakeholder neighbors who support YSC and are a stable tax base?
There is no place in the midst of residential for such a business which would only pull down the neighborhood. Yorkshire is thriving and everyone is happy with its mix. Even the city has an investment in the area with Lichterman. Budget needs to find a more commercial setting!
Please protect the residents of the actual planned development-the residential neighborhoods. The application, if approved, would not be a "minor change" to the actual planned developments and will be a devastating influence to the current destabilization of the surrounding neighborhoods.
No commercial zoning!
NO!
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The board rejected the variance application and the Yorkshire Shopping Center will remain as it is. Thank you for pushing back against this zoning change and protecting our neighborhood character. Keep an eye on local development notices so we can move fast if they try this again.
March 30, 2018
Final supporters
The signers of this petition are opposed to Case PD 17-24 before the Memphis and Shelby County Land Use Control Board (LUCB). The application, scheduled to be heard at 10:00 a.m. on February 8, 2018, would permit the owners of Yorkshire Shopping Center (YSC) to lease space fronting Quince Road to Budget Car and Truck Rental.
YSC’s owners have framed the application as a minor change to a Planned Development. This is a distortion of fact. Zoning laws and development restrictions have changed more than once since the property was developed in the 1960’s. YSC is not and was never defined as a Planned Development. More correctly, the owners are seeking a Special Use variance for CMU-2 zoning, which is intended to support neighborhood-friendly mix of residential and commercial uses. Car and truck rental is not permitted under CMU-2 zoning, and requires a Special Use variance even in the higher-intensity commercial zoning CMU-3.
Approval of the LUCB application would:
1. Destroy the character and ambience of a now-successful neighborhood shopping center to provide a service that is neither needed nor desired by nearby residents and is opposed by the existing retail tenants.
2. Further the downward slide of Quince Road, constructed and planned as a residential – not commercial – corridor, which will destabilize multiple neighborhoods east of Perkins and south of Park.
3. Increase crime and unwanted commercialization in a still-desirable but vulnerable residential area of East Memphis, causing property values and home ownership to decrease, and prompting more property tax payers to move outside the city limits. This is a story that has been repeated over and over, and hurts all the citizens of Memphis.
4. Destabilize one of Memphis’ last remaining middle class residential areas and cause harm to multiple stakeholders, including small business owners, neighborhood associations, churches, schools, and nearby Quince Road assets such as Lichterman Nature Center and Ric Nuber YMCA.
For more information on this issue, go to https://www.facebook.com/lovebalmoral/?hc_ref=ARSC...
Updates
January 17, 2018
We hit 250 signatures today. Post this link to your Facebook page right now and email your representative to tell them this rental lot does not belong on Quince Road.
Reached 250 supporters
January 16, 2018
January 16, 2018
The momentum behind this effort proves that our neighbors refuse to let the character of Quince Road be dismantled. Send an email to your local representative right now to demand they reject the Case PD 17-24 application. Post this link on Facebook to ensure the Land Use Control Board understands exactly how many people oppose this project.
Reached 100 supporters
January 14, 2018
87 Comments
We want the city to protect our neighborhood and the tax base that a successful, stable middle class neighborhood in Memphis provides. We like living in the city for its convienence and diversity, and do not want to see our investment in our homes and community depreciate. Be smart Memphis.
Please consider the fact that CMU-2 zoning does not permit car and truck rental. Also, such a business is not one that matches the type of neighborhood where this is located.
This is a great neighborhood- like another high point terrace. I see more and more young families walking their dogs pushing their children in strollers. This is a middle class neighborhood that has become desirable to you families and we don’t need a truck rental agency. These types of changes will make quince start to look like summer ave!
Agreed. Well said. Instead, why doesn’t YSC insure this small vacant building and lease it at nominal cost to a nearby neighborhood group as neighborhood welcome center (like VECA has) and support community assets on Quince AND the stakeholder neighbors who support YSC and are a stable tax base?
There is no place in the midst of residential for such a business which would only pull down the neighborhood. Yorkshire is thriving and everyone is happy with its mix. Even the city has an investment in the area with Lichterman. Budget needs to find a more commercial setting!
Please protect the residents of the actual planned development-the residential neighborhoods. The application, if approved, would not be a "minor change" to the actual planned developments and will be a devastating influence to the current destabilization of the surrounding neighborhoods.
No commercial zoning!
NO!
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We want the city to protect our neighborhood and the tax base that a successful, stable middle class neighborhood in Memphis provides. We like living in the city for its convienence and diversity, and do not want to see our investment in our homes and community depreciate. Be smart Memphis.