Area Plan Commission recommends splitting a Kent Avenue lot to add a duplex next to an existing sober-living home

The commission recommended rezoning 335 Kent Avenue from single-family (R1) to two-family (R2) so owner Benjamin Evanger can divide the lot and build a duplex — two units, each with two bedrooms and two bathrooms — on the south side of the property. (4:18, ▶︎ 0:05:08 — open the recording, cued to 5 minutes 8 seconds

The existing house on the lot already has a special-use permit as a sober-living home called Brightwing, and staff noted the new duplex will not carry that same special use. ▶︎ 0:05:08 — open the recording, cued to 5 minutes 8 seconds

Commission members noted the property directly to the north is already a duplex and two-family zoning already sits directly across the street. ▶︎ 0:06:05 — open the recording, cued to 6 minutes 5 seconds