HomeMy WebLinkAboutSTAFF REPORT - 22-00182 - 1174 N Yellowstone Hwy - Annex & Rezone to MDR1Case No. 22 00182 Page 1
SUBJECT: Annexation - File #22-00182
APPLICANT: Ray McDougal
PROPERTY OWNER(S): Kendall Davenport – When Application Submitted
Sold to: Mac Brothers Holdings LLC
PURPOSE: The request is to Annex, amending the city boundaries and to
change the Zoning Map for the property.
PARCEL SIZE: 4 Acres
PROPERTY ID: RP06N40E174346
PROPERTY LOCATION: 1174 N Yellowstone Hwy
APPLICABLE CRITERIA: Idaho State Code § 50-222 Annexation by Cities
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 property has a single-family home. There are no records showing activity on this parcel.
II. SITE DESCRIPTION
The property is located east of N Yellowstone Hwy.
There are commercial business parks to the north and
west and vacant lots to the east and south. The property
is in the City’s Impact Area. The Comprehensive Plan
Map designates all the surrounding land as
Commercial/Mixed Use, Industrial, and LDR1-MDR1.
Community Business Center (CBC) zoned parcels are
located to the north, Transitional Agriculture (TAG) to
the east, Community Business Center and Medium-
Density Residential 1 (MDR1) to the south, and Light
Industrial to the west from the requested property. The
property for this application is 4 acres.
Community Development
Department
STAFF REPORT
35 North 1st East
Rexburg, ID 83440 Alan.parkinson@rexburg.org
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Phone: 208.359.3020
Fax: 208.359.3022
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III. STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission take public testimony and determine if the proposed
annexation can be approved, denied or approved with conditions. Staff has reviewed the
application and found it meets the requirements for annexation.
IV. ANALYSIS for REZONE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Commercial/Mixed Use
CURRENT ZONING: Community Business Center (CBC)
REQUESTED ZONE: Medium-Density Residential 1 (MDR1)
Also, at annexation, the applicant is requesting a rezone from
CBC to MDR1 for parcel RP06N40E174346. The proposed
zoning area is 4 acres.
Surrounding Zoning
Community Business Center (CBC) to the north, Transitional
Agriculture (TAG) to the east, Medium-Density Residential 1
(MDR1) top the south, and Light Industrial (LI) to the west.
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.
Criteria Rezone Requests (§1.04.020):
a. Be in conformance with the City’s Comprehensive Plan.
If the Comprehensive Plan Map changes is approved (22-00183), the request will result in
changing the Comprehensive Plan Map from the current designation of Commercial/Mixed
Use to LDR1-MDR1. The surrounding Comprehensive Plans are Commercial/Mixed Use
and MDR1-HDR2.
b. The capacity of existing public streets, water and sewer facilities, storm drainage
facilities, solid waste collection and disposal, and other utilities.
There is capacity for water and sewer. All storm water will have to be handled on site.
Access requirements will be per the Idaho Transportation Department.
c. The capacity of existing public services, including but not limited to, public
safety services, public emergency services, schools, and parks and recreational
services. N/A
d. The potential for nuisances or health and safety hazards that may adversely affect
adjoining properties. N/A
e. Recent changes in land use on adjoining properties or in the neighborhood of the map
revision.
In 2017, a Preliminary Planned Unit Development was approved for Thomson Farms (17-
00704). In June 2019, the Comprehensive Plan Map was changed for this parcel to Low-
Moderate (19-00351). In 2020, a Comprehensive Plan Map change was completed to
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match the approved zoning for Thomson Farms (20-00076). Parcels to the east were zoned
to Transitional Agriculture (TAG) in 2020 (20-00914). In 2021, the Comprehensive Plan
was amended for this parcel to Commercial/Mixed Use (21-00057). The Teton Vu property
to the south was recently changed on the Comprehensive Plan Map to LDR1-MDR1 (22-
00033) and rezoned from CBC to MDR1 (22-00019).
f. Meets the requirements of the Development Code.
The request meets the requirements of the Development Code.
V. STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff requests that Planning and Zoning recommend to City Council to approve the rezone of the
1174 N Yellowstone Hwy from Community Business Center (CBC) to Medium-Density Residential 1
(MDR1), 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.