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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRFD - 21-00057 - Comprehensive Plan Map Update & Simplified Designation Definitions #21 00057 Change to Comprehensive Plan Designations Chart & Comprehensive Plan Map Update January 29, 2021, An application was received for amendments to the Comprehensive Plan Map and a Simplified Designation chart from the City of Rexburg. February 17, 2021, Work Meeting was held. Comprehensive Plan Map change – Boundaries have been modified to follow parcel lines. This meeting is being held in preparation for a public hearing. Alan said we have sat down together as a group to decide on the areas for the Comprehensive Plan Map. Staff was going to wait until the Comprehensive Plan was ready in its entirety. Due to the applications coming to the City, the Comprehensive Plan Map affects their proposals. The group is together to indicate if any changes need to be made. The map has been drawn to follow the parcel lines. The north side of town was viewed. Industrial is shown for the Basic American property. Commercial is along N 2nd E up around Wal-Mart, the Hegsted and Harris properties. The north exit was identified. A recent change in this area was the Beehive rezone to Community Business Center (CBC). Moran View Rd. was identifed on the map. Just south of W Moran View Rd, a Plat was recently completed to build residential in Moran View Estates. A manufactured home park and a few homes are showing as Industrial. This land should be included in the Low to Medium Residential. This change will allow the development of the recent plat and will continue a residential allowed use for these lots, currently with homes on them. These parcels all front W Moran View Rd and to the West of them is Open Space. The Open Space area is an area where there is a floodplain. East of these parcels is Commercial. The area is showing as Industrial for the Basic American property. The spread of the waste water on Basic Americans’ land creates a buffer from the proposed residential. The next step for Basic American is to annex into the City. Alan asked Mayor Jerry Merrill how this affects the City’s wastewater. Mayor answered as long as the plant can land apply, the City would prefer them to continue. Otherwise, there would be a big surge on the city’s treatment plant. Alan said the nitrate levels in the soil could be another determining factor. Too high of nitrate levels could affect the water table. This is the reason Basic American’s wells are monitored for each of their pivots. Aaron Richards agrees with the change, due to Basic American’s fields working as a buffer between the Industrial plant and the residential in this area, creating a stair-step of uses. Alan said the recent investment by Basic American in this plant communicates the longevity of the business. This land is in the City’s Impact Area northwest of the city.