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Home My WebLink AboutP&Z MINUTES DECEMBER 14, 1983MINUTES OF PLANNING & ZONING A meeting of the Planning & Zoning of the City of Rexburg, Madison County, • held December 14, 1983, at the City Hall. Present were the following: Chairman: Chuck Frost Members of the Board: Bab Purrington Gerald Taylor Chuck Porter Chris Mix Mary Lee Hill Also Present: Rose Bagley, City Clerk Minutes of the August 23, 1983, meeting were discussed and a motion by Chris h1ix and seconded by Gerald Taylor to approve the minutes.. All Aye. The Planning Board discussed fences that have been built directly next to the street. This is hazardous for students that walk to school, they-have to walk in the road because there are no sidewalks and the fences go to the curb. This is especially-true by the high school. They felt that it was a serious problem. Jhere they are already existing it is a controversy. Chuck Frost asked the city clerk to talk to the mayor about it. They felt it was an enforcement problem. The first item on the agenda was Ken Belnap with a request for a Dental Lab to be built in the Professional Plaza. Steve Leavitt, a dental lab technician, was at the meeting to represent Ken Belnap; drawings were passed .out. The property in question is a piece of property they plan to buy from Doug Smith.. This runs directly behind Steve. Christensen's building. They want to know what is allowed there and what is not allowed. The property is quite small and is set up about 4 feet above the parking area, it is 66' x 40'. This would be strictly a wholesaler to the dentists, there is no contact with the public. Chuck Frost said that is zone Rl with a special variance in the middle for professional offices. Chuck Frost told the group that we had asked the City. Attorney for an opinion on the property. She said the property is specifically designed for professional offices and it is not intended. in the variance for manufacturing. He said the question is if they are providing a professional service or manufacturing. Chuck said if this is treated as a professional office they would be required to .have on the property in question two parking places plus one for each three ernployees, so they would need three parking places; parking places are normally 10 x 15. If they do not have this parking, they would. have to have an agreement to use parking nearby. A motion was made by Bob Purrington to recommend to the city council that he be given a variance to permit him to have a dental lab in the Professional Plaza with the understanding that he meet the parking regulations and all other regulations in this area and that it be used strictly for wholesale business and if it becomes a retail business, it will not be permitted. Seconded. by Mary Lee Hill. All Aye. The second item on the agenda was Karla Butler requesting to put a 1~eauty shop in her home at 250 Melanie zoned R2. Karla said she had just moved there from the Teton Basin where she had had a beauty shop in her home, and she owned all of the equipment. She wants to put a shop in her- basement. She .has her cosmetology license and wants only to work part time in the shop. She said she had parking for four • cars, She would only have one customer at a time in the shop, and would not employ anyone. She would run it herself. Chuck Frost said. it makes a difficult situation because we have a lot of commercial property that we need to urilize in the city. Bob Purrington said that when we make a variance for one, we open. it for others and it gets out of hand. Chuck Porter said we need to be sure it would meet the state requirements, and felt that. if she met these state requirements, • and the neighbors agreed and she operated with only one customer at a time it might be okay. She would also have to meet all zoning regulations. She was advised to talk with the people within 300 feet of the property and get their feeling and find out the costs and set back regulations and come back to the next meeting. Gary Olsen was next on the agenda requesting to put a business on the lot next to Barnetts. The lot is 55' x 113 and is zoned commercial. He also wanted to know if it was on the LID for parking. He was told it was. Chuck Frost told him the set backs on commercial property is negotiable. It is recommended that they meet the set backs of the neighbors. He said he would like to put a retail store in the front and office spaces in the back and on a second floor. The Planning board told him there would be no problem. Next was David G. Sevy. He wants to put a musical instrument service center at 169 North 5th ',Jest, which is zoned R2. Mr. Sevy has~a shop in Idaho Falls. Later he would like to employ 1 or 2 full-time college students besides his family. Right now he and his family would run the shop. He would have one or two customers at one time and most of them would be by appointment. He has room for parking on the north side of his driveway 50 x 133. Chuck Porter said he thought it needed to be rezoned to commercial or get another location zoned for it. Chuck Frost said if it were rezoned to R3 customary office business would be allowed. Chris Mix suggested that he could set up his business in conjunction with Bowen Music or Rexburg P1usic and do the work at home. The Planning Board felt that he should get the feeling of the neighbors within 300 feet and come back to the Planning P~ Zoning. The Planning Board felt that people who move into neighborhoods and want to change the neighborhood should check on what they can do in the neighborhood before they move in. The mayor had suggested that the Planning & Zoning make recommendations on a Condominium Ordinance. It was tabled for the next meeting. Meeting adjourned. • i ~` i ~'~ T ~ V ~ ~ c-:-. 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