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To: Marilyn Hansen
(208) 359.3022
From: Teddie Lou Steiner
(703) 241-5959
Attached are the comments that Russell Van Allen will be reading for
Mother and I at the meeting Wednesday night, Jan. 17, 2001.
I have attached a copy of the letter signed by Stephen P. Zollinger, which
supports my reference to "previous decisions" made by the zoning
commission. Please note that the referenced property on the "East side
of the Highway" is the same property that world he impacted by the
proposed zoning change.
11 your help.
P.S. Russ will be bringing you another copy of this with Mother's
signature so you will have both. Also, I would appreciate it if you would
use this copy as the:official copy of my comments and substitute the last
page with Mother's s"ture. (Miss has a slightly different copy)
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Comments by Maurine Steiner and Teddie Lou Steiner
Regarding the
Hawkins Companies, LCC Rezoning Proposal
of the Jensen Property
My name is Teddie Lou Steiner. I live in Virginia but will be retiring
during the next five years and will move home to Rexburg to live in the
family home located at 1524 West 1000 South. My mother, Maurine
Steiner, presently occupies this home. The land, where she resides, is
within 50 feet of the property that is being considered for rezoning
approval. Since Mother and I were not notified of this zoning change, we
are registering our strong opposition to the Hawkins Companies, LCC's
current 7.oning proposal. At the outset, we want you to know we are not
against the development of the subject property. We are, however,
strongly opposed to the current proposed zoning configuration.
We are opposed because the rezoning will.:
(1) Significantly reduce the value of existing residential property by
depressing the resale of existing homes and the sale of vacant land for
the building of single family homes;
(2) Negatively impact our quality of life because rental and commercial
property brings with it a greater concentration of people, lots more noise,
more traffic and trash, and the deterioration and extinction of family
neighborhoods;
(3) Set a precedent that will make rezoning of existing
agricultural and residential land immediately around us much easier
which will further jeopardize our existing residential property and its
value.
Finally, there is no basis .for approving the current proposal because
nothing currently exists near this land that even suggests high density
residential or commercial use is appropriate. Rather, the existing
property consisting of family homes and a subdivision are evidence that
the laud should be zoned residential for single family dwellings.
For these reasons, we believe that approval of this rezoning proposal
would not be enforcing the Madison Country Zoning Ordinance and in
opposition to the "comprehensive plan." This belief is based on previous
decisions made by the Madison County Planning and Zoning Commission
and on the Ordinance's stated purpose which is to promote the managed
growth of the County, which includes objectives to protect property
rights and enhance property values, avoid undue concentration of
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population, avoid undue noise pollution, and to ensure the development
of land is commensurate with the physical characteristics of the land.
In closing, we want to reiterate that, although we are opposed to the
current rezoning proposal, we will be willing to consider any plan that
would ensure the protection of our property values, our quality of life,
and the heritage our land represents.
Maurine G. Steiner
Date: _ / ___
JOtl-16-2001 07:25 RM
Weldon G. Steiner
1524 West 1000 South
Rexburg, Idaho 83440
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t"lodlson County Planning Zaning
134 Eaat Rexburg�3d
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August 4, 1999
Re: Wayne Thompson zoning request & properly.
Dear Mr, Steiner:
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I have been asked to respond to your letter dated July 16, 1999, to the Madison County
Planning and Zoning Commission. In your letter, you ask several questions, all of which deal with a
parcel of land directly west of the highway, and North of 1000 South. The commission was provided
with a map, showing exactly where the parcel in question was located, and its size and shape.
The problem which presented itself at Mr. Thompson's hearing, is that the maps that have been
adopted by Madison County relative to zoning, and planning, must be complied with, and the
cuuvui55ion has no choice in that regard. With specific respect to your parcel, it is within an area on
the "comprehensive plan" that calls for residential use. Under Idaho State Law, no zone change shall
be considered that is not consistent with the "comprehensive plan", and therefore, the zone change that
was requested by Mr. Thompson could not even be considered.
Other factors which you may want to consider in determining whether a request to modify the
"comprehensive plan" would be merited, are the facts rclativc to surrounding lunds and land uses. To
the approximate West of your property, several new homes are under construction, and the zoite is for
residential use. To the )vast, across the highway, the land use is designated as residential, and you are
within a short distance of residential uses to the North. The proximity to the City of Rexburg, and the
prevalence of residential uses around your property might all weigh against accomplishing a
modification of the plan as well as against the zone change if the plan were modified.
As representatives of the County, we understand that not all decisions which are made with
respect to land uses are going to be embraced by all property owners, but we feel that in all of our
decisions, the Counties and it residents hest interests come fust. It is certainly not the intention of the
Madison County Planning and Zoning Commission to cause you undue hardship, but the rules in this
particular area arc not bendable.
Sincerely,
teph P. Zollinger \
Civil Deputy Prosecutor
cc: P & Z Coordinator