HomeMy WebLinkAboutSTAFF REPORT - 21-00623 - Rexburg 32 - RPRXBCA0014217 - Comp. Plan Map change to Commercial/Mixed UseCase No. 21 00623
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SUBJECT: Comprehensive Plan Map change Application - File #21-00623
APPLICANT: Kindi Moosman
PROPERTY OWNER(S): Bench Farms LLLP
PURPOSE: The request is to change the City’s Comprehensive Plan for
this parcel.
PROPERTY LOCATION: Approx. 2039 S Frontage Rd
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Rural
PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN DESIGNATION: Commercial/Mixed Use
CURRENT ZONING: Low-Density Residential 2 (LDR2) and Community Business Center
(CBC)
SURROUNDING COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN DESIGNATIONS: (North) – Commercial/Mixed Use & LDR1 – MDR1
(East) – Commercial/Mixed Use
(West) - Rural
(South) - Commercial/Mixed Use
SURROUNDING LAND USES: (East) – Commercial
(North, South, & West) – Vacant Land
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 parcel is currently used as an agriculture farm. In 2007, this parcel was part of a larger area that
was annexed into the City with the zoning of Community Business Center (CBC) along S 12th W
and Low-Density Residential 2 West of the CBC zoning (07-00020).
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.
Community Development Department
STAFF REPORT
35 North 1st East
Rexburg, ID 83440
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Phone: 208.359.3020
Fax: 208.359.3022
Case No. 21 00623
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II. SITE DESCRIPTION
The property is located west of S 12th W and US Highway 20. Directly East is an Electric Company
and storage units on S Frontage Rd or S 12th W. North of this property is a church at 2332 W 2000
S. The property borders Wake Lake for about 260’ at its most Southwest border. The total area for
the lot is 32.58 acres.
III. ANALYSIS
If approved the request will result in changing the Comprehensive Plan Map from the current designation
of Rural to Commercial/Mixed Use. 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.