Glendale’s Planning and Architectural Review Commission considered a resolution to amend the City’s 2040 Comprehensive Master Plan Future Land Use Map for 6800 N Port Washington Road from Governmental and Institutional to Planned Mixed Use. This change reflects the relocation of the North Shore Library and aligns the site’s future use with the Coventry Commons mixed-use concept, including commercial, multi-family residential, and open space. Amending the Comprehensive Plan is a prerequisite step before final PD zoning and subsequent development approvals and reinforces the City’s broader policy direction toward dense, walkable mixed-use and infill redevelopment. Planning and economic development consultants, housing strategy advisors, and mobility/open-space designers can leverage this policy pivot to propose corridor-wide planning, infrastructure prioritization, and design standards work as Glendale updates its zoning and implements mixed-use policies citywide.

The memo notes Glendale’s zoning ordinance is being rewritten to better support mixed-use and housin...