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SUBJECT: Rezone Application - File #19-00753
APPLICANT: Val Christensen
PROPERTY OWNER(S): Pioneer Village Mall LLC; Morgan Peterson
PURPOSE: The request is to rezone from Community Business Center
(CBC) to Mixed Use (MU)
PROPERTY LOCATION: 669 Pioneer Rd
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Applicant is pursuing a Comprehensive Plan Map change from Commercial to
Neighborhood Commercial/Mixed Use
CURRENT ZONING: Community Business Center (CBC)
PROPOSED ZONING: Mixed Use (MU)
SURROUNDING LAND USES: (North) – apartments
(East) – condominium 4-plexes
(West) - commercial
(Southeast) – Madison Middle School
(Southwest) – apartments
AND ZONING: (North) & (East) – High Density Residential 1 (HDR1)
(South) – High Density Residential 2 (HDR2)
(West) – Community Business Center (CBC)
(Northwest) – Mixed Use (MU)
APPLICABLE CRITERIA: City of Rexburg Development Code (Ordinance No.1200)
§ 1.04.020 Zoning Map Revisions
AUTHORITY: §1.04.020 (D) “The Commission may recommend that the amendment be
granted as requested, that it be modified, or that it be denied.”
I. BACKGROUND
The applicant is requesting to change the Comprehensive Plan Map. The property currently has a
commercial strip mall. The proposal is to provide apartment housing near job centers for a Mixed Use
(MU) property. The property within a mile of the BYU-Idaho campus.
The Rexburg Development Code allows for the Commission to make recommendations to the City
Council regarding whether or not the property should or should not be rezoned based on the criteria
Community Development Department
STAFF REPORT
35 North 1st East
Rexburg, ID 83440
Alan.parkinson@rexburg.org
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Phone: 208.359.3020
Fax: 208.359.3022
Case No. 19 00753
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found in section
§1.04.020.
II. SITE DESCRIPTION
The parcels being changed are bordered between Pioneer Rd and S Yellowstone Hwy. The total area
involved in this Comprehensive Plan Map change request is approximately 1.87 acres. The zoning of
MU will allow the applicant to build a 3-story building with 14 units, limited by the parking required
for the commercial businesses.
III. ANALYSIS
If approved the request will result in changing the zone from Community Business Center (CBC) to
Medium Density Residential 1 (MDR1). The request would require the Commission and City Council to
review the proposal against one set of criteria, for the request to rezone. Below, staff has provided all the
criteria listed by Ordinance No. 1200 (Development Code) that are required to be addressed, followed by
staff’s analysis of each criterion.
Criteria Rezone Requests (§1.04.020):
a. Be in conformance with the City’s Comprehensive Plan.
The applicant is seeking a Comprehensive Plan Map Change from Commercial to Neighborhood
Commercial/Mixed Use.
b. The capacity of existing public streets, water and sewer facilities, storm drainage facilities, solid
waste collection and disposal, and other utilities.
See Public Works review. (Yes.)
c. The capacity of existing public services, including but not limited to, public safety services,
public emergency services, schools, and parks and recreational services.
See Public Works review. (Yes.)
d. The potential for nuisances or health and safety hazards that may adversely affect adjoining
properties.
None.
e. Recent changes in land use on adjoining properties or in the neighborhood of the map revision.
School district property to the Southeast was recently rezoned Public Facilities.
f. Meets the requirements of the Development Code.
A Comprehensive Plan map change is being pursued to match the zoning request.
IV. STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff requests that Planning and Zoning recommend to City Council to change the above described
property from Community Business Center (CBC) to Mixed Use (MU) if the Commission finds that the
request is in the best interest of the neighborhood and the community.