October 18 - The City of Hays, Kansas

Depot Place Development. The former site of the Hays railroad
station between Ash and Elm provides an excellent opportunity
for new mixed use development, along with parking to serve both
downtown and the emerging Core to Campus corridor. In the
illustrated concept, east-west vehicular access on 10th Street
would shift north to the brick drive that was once the entrance
and parking lot for the depot. This provides a larger development
site next to the Promenade, primarily using the existing 10th
Street right-of-way and some of the adjacent land to the south.
Two mixed use buildings, with retail, educational, or office use at
street level and residential above, would flank a central plaza.
(11,12) The Promenade’s relatively narrow landscaped space
along the track would widen to a lawn south of the new buildings.
Parking lots would be located on either side of the project, with
access from Elm and Ash as well as from the relocated 10th
Street.
With revitalization of the 10th Street corridor and the new
Promenade connection, the east parking lot would serve the
Chestnut Street district as well as the proposed new
development. Taken together, the Depot Place concept adds
housing, retail or office possibilities, parking, and significant
public space without acquisition or redevelopment of existing
buildings.
Depot Place Development Current. The area is currently
zoned R-4 or Multiple-Family Dwelling District. Intended for the
purpose of allowing high residential density land use with the
commingling of compatible single-family and two-family
dwellings, apartments, home occupations, community facilities
and certain special uses yet retain the basic residential quality.
Water and Sewer are currently in place within the infrastructure.
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