41 new townhomes planned for Limelight District

A residential project intended to breathe new life into what the city calls the Limelight District on the edge of the Park East neighborhood made its first appearance before the city’s Development Review Committee on Jan. 21.

Dubbed 414 Lime Avenue, Homes by West Bay of Riverview is seeking to build 41 attached single-family units on a 1.91-acre site at North Lime Avenue and Aspinwall Street. It’s the site of a previously approved project that was abandoned while under construction and had since been demolished and the site cleared.

The developer is seeking an administrative adjustment to reduce the zone-required minimum lot size from 1,800 square feet to 1,350 square feet. 

The adjustment is needed to achieve the development goals, according to project consultant Kimley-Horn, because of restrictions imposed by both North Lime Avenue and Aspinwall Street being designated as primary streets in the city’s zoning code. The property is zoned Downtown Edge with a designated future land use of Urban Edge. The reduction in minimum lot size would not affect the permitted maximum base density of the development per code.

As currently planned, 11 of the 41 lots already exceed the current minimum lot size and three more are larger than 1,700 square feet. The reduced minimum lot size would apply to the remaining 27 units.

Preliminary designs show three-story townhomes with rooftop decks and elevators.

With a number of staff comments remaining to be addressed, a second submittal of the project to the DRC will be required.