HomeMy WebLinkAboutSTAFF REPORT - 09-00008 - Comprehensive Plan Amendments - February 2009 - Joshua FullmerPlanning and Zoning Department
STAFF REPORT
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I` Rexburg, ID 83440 www.rexburg.org Fox: 208.359.3024
SUBJECT: Comprehensive Plan Map Amendments
Area #1, and Area #2
Files # 09 00008, and 09 00016
APPLICANT: Joshua Fullmer (Applicant for Area #1)
381 E. 4`h N.
Rexburg, ID 83440
Jared Sommer (Applicant for Area #2)
3614 N 3000 West
Rexburg, ID 83440
ROPERTY OWNER: Affidavits of legal interest in file
CITY OF
REXBURG
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America's Family Community
PURPOSE: Area #1: Request to amend the Comprehensive Plan map. — from
Low Density Residential to Neighborhood Commercial/Mixed Use
Area #2: Request to amend the Comprehensive Plan map from
Neighborhood Commercial/Mixed-Use to High Density Residential
PROPERTY LOCATION: Area #1: 264 E. Main
Rexburg, ID
Area #2: 431 and Approximately 445 W 4" South
PROPERTY ID: Area #1: RPROOOROOI0041
Area #2: RPROOOK0030040 and RPROOOK0030080
AUTHORITY § 6.14 "The Commission may recommend (to the City Council) that the
amendment be granted as requested, that it be modified, or that it be denied" (Parentheses added)
Case No. 09 00008 & 09 00016
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Area #1 File #09 00008 Joshua Fullmer
Ne request is to change the Comprehensive Plan Map from Low Density Residential to Neighborhood
Commercial/Mixed-Use.
General vicinity: Southwest corner of Smith Park (see attached map of Area # 1)
Items to consider
1) The property is contiguous with Neighborhood Commercial/Mixed-Use designations.
2) The property is contiguous with an existing medical plaza.
3) To the east of the subject property is a hospice which is zoned Residential Business District, but is
designated Low Density Residential on the comprehensive plan.
4) The property is located between two medical care facilities.
5) The parcel is currently zoned Low Density Residential 2 (LDR2).
6) Area of subject property is approximately 0.30 -acres (13,075 square feet).
Area #2 (File #09 00016) Jared Sommer
The request is to change the Comprehensive Plan Map from Neighborhood Commercial/Mixed-Use to High
Density Residential.
General Vicinty: Southwest corner of W 4`h South and S 4`h West, just east of Les Schwab Tires (see attached
ap of Area #2)
Items to consider
1) The property is not located adjacent to other areas designated High Density Residential, but is next to
Medium Density Residential.
2) The property is located adjacent to existing High Density Residential I (HDRI) zoning district.
3) The property was located within a strictly commercial designation on the former comprehensive plan
map, and it was not until the last comp plan map change occurred that a residential component to this
area was introduced. It was not anticipated at the time that high density housing would be located in this
area, but rather a housing component that was integrated within commercial at a medium density. Staff is
currently underway at creating new Mixed -Use zones that will create the framework for applicants to
incorporate housing in these areas designated "mixed-use." These new mixed use zones will have a
residential component but in most areas will not have a residential density above 16 units per acre, which
is below the 30-42 units allowable in the HDRI and HDR2 Zones.
4) The property is just under a half mile in distance from the western edge of the BYU-I campus.
5) The parcel is currently zoned Community Business Center (CBC).
6) The parcel is 2.14 -acres (93,386 square feet).
1) Map of Area 1
2) Man of Area 2
Case No. 09 00008 & 09 00016
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