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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSTAFF REPORT - 21-00189 - Rexburg Townhomes - 2332 W 2000 S - Rezone adjacent portion of LDR2 to MDR2Case No. 21 00189 Page 1 SUBJECT: Rezone Application - File #21-00189 APPLICANT: Brandt Monette PROPERTY OWNER(S): Bench Farms LLLP – Richard Smith PURPOSE: The request is to change the Zoning Map for the property. PROPERTY LOCATION: Property surrounding 2332 W 2000 S – RPRXBCA0359006 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Moderate-High Density Residential & Commercial CURRENT ZONING: Low-Density Residential 2 (LDR2) & Community Business Center (CBC) PROPOSED ZONING: Medium-Density Residential 2 (MDR2) & Community Business Center (CBC) 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 parcel is currently used as an agriculture farm. In March 2007, the property was part of an annexation and rezone from Agriculture 1 & Agriculture 2 to Low-Density Residential 2 (LDR2). During the Planning & Zoning meeting on March 1, the motion was made to match the Comprehensive Plan Map designations allowing the west portion of the lot to be rezoned to LDR2, but to keep the commercial designation zoned as Transitional Agriculture 1 (TAG1). At the City Council meeting, March 21, the City Council upheld the Commission’s decision. Steps were made to change the Comprehensive Plan map designation to Commercial along S 12th W. And, on June 20, 2007, Ord. 989 rezoned the portion along S 12th W to Community Business Center (CBC). In 2012, a Conditional Use Permit for the LDS Church Stake Center at 2332 W 2000 S was approved. In 2012, a Building Permit application was received and the building was finished in September of 2013. The Rexburg Development Code allows 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 found in section §1.04.020. Community Development Department STAFF REPORT 35 North 1st East Rexburg, ID 83440 Alan.parkinson@rexburg.org www.planning.org Phone: 208.359.3020 Fax: 208.359.3022 Case No. 21 00189 Page 2 II. SITE DESCRIPTION The property is located west of S 12th W to the city-limit border, west of US Highway 20, and north of W 2000 S. Directly west is the Impact Area. Madison High School is north of this property. East of this property is John Deere. This property borders the church at 2332 W 200 S on the West, North, and East. The total area for the lot is 66.8 acres. III. ANALYSIS If approved the request will result in changing a portion of the Low-Density Residential 2 (LDR2) to Medium-Density Residential 2 (MDR2) and adjusting the Community Business Center (CBC) west border approximately fifty (50’) feet to the East. 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. Case No. 21 00189 Page 3 Criteria Rezone Requests (§1.04.020): a. Be in conformance with the City’s Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan is in conformance with the proposed change. The LDR2 zone is a grandfathered zone and does not match the current Comprehensive Plan Map. b. The capacity of existing public streets, water and sewer facilities, storm drainage facilities, solid waste collection and disposal, and other utilities. The city has adequate capacities to service this request. Storm drainage will have to be handled on site. c. The capacity of existing public services, including but not limited to, public safety services, public emergency services, schools, and parks and recreational services. The city has capacity to service this request. d. The potential for nuisances or health and safety hazards that may adversely affect adjoining properties. A Traffic Impact Study will likely have to be completed. e. Recent changes in land use on adjoining properties or in the neighborhood of the map revision. The Madison County School District High School/Burton Elementary to the north was rezoned to Public Facilities (PF) in 2019 (19-00093). Across the highway to the East, Thompson Paving and Valley Ag have rezoned to Light Industrial (LI) (20-00349 & 20-00770). 1265 Siddoway is currently in the rezone process with a request to also rezone to Light Industrial (LI) (21-00129). The land at 2247 S 2000 W was annexed into the city in January 2018 and retained its Community Business Center (CBC) zoning (17-00623). f. Meets the requirements of the Development Code. The request meets the requirements of the Development Code. IV. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff requests that Planning and Zoning recommend to City Council to approve the rezone of the land adjacent to the church at 2332 W 2000 S, parcel RPRXBCA0359006, which will change the east portion of the Low-Density Residential 2 (LDR2) zone to Medium-Density Residential 2 (MDR2), and move the west border of the Community Business Center (CBC) approximately 50’ to the East, if the Commission finds that the proposed request is compatible with the surrounding area or in the best interest of the neighborhood and the community.