HomeMy WebLinkAboutSTAFF REPORT - 20-00076 - Comp Plan Map change - 397 Thomson Farms RdCase No. 20 00776
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SUBJECT: Comprehensive Plan Map change Application - File #20-00776
APPLICANT: Paul Bringhurst
PROPERTY OWNER(S): RS17 Rexburg Preferred LLC
PURPOSE: The request is to change the City’s Comprehensive Plan for
this parcel.
PROPERTY LOCATION: 397 Thomson Farms
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Commercial & Low-Moderate Density Residential
PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN DESIGNATION: Commercial & Low-Moderate Density Residential
CURRENT ZONING: Low-Density Residential 2 (LDR2), Medium Density Residential 1
(MDR1), Community Business Center (CBC)
SURROUNDING COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN DESIGNATIONS: (North) – Commercial & Low-Moderate Density Residential
(South) – Low to Moderate Density Residential
(East) – Low to Moderate Density Residential
(West) - Commercial
SURROUNDING LAND USES: (North) – Paradise Nursery & Pond Center
(East) – Agriculture
(West) - Christensen Auto Body Shop
(South) – Paradise Nursery & Pond Center, Agriculture
APPLICABLE CRITERIA: City of Rexburg Development Code (Ordinance No.1200)
§ 1.04.020 Comprehensive Plan Amendment
AUTHORITY: § 1.03.080 (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 was rezoned without
changing the Comprehensive Plan Map layer to match. The appropriate land designations were on the
property, but not the correct configuration. This change will create the correct Comprehensive Plan
Map configuration for the land.
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. 20 00776
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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 changed on the
Comprehensive Plan Map based on the criteria found in section §1.04.020.
II. SITE DESCRIPTION
The parcels being changed are east of N
Yellowstone Hwy. The parcel is split by Thomson
Farms Rd and Stonebridge St. The total area
involved in this Comprehensive Plan Map change
request is approximately 54.74 acres.
III. ANALYSIS
If approved the request will result in changing the
Comprehensive Plan Map, keeping Commercial
and Low to Moderate Density Residential on the
parcel, but changing the shapes to match the areas
on the zoning map. The request would require the
Commission and City Council to review the
proposal and approve or deny this application.
IV. STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that this Comprehensive Plan
Map change be considered. The Planning and
Zoning Commission should take testimony in public
hearing to determine if the request is in the best
interest of the neighborhood and the community.
Possible conditions:
• All storm drainage will have to be handled
on site.
Comprehensive Plan Map
Zoning Map