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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z MINUTES OCTOBER 02, 2003CITY OF REXBURG PLANNING AND ZONING MINUTES October 02, 2003 7:00 p.m. Chairman: Winston Dyer Members: Robert Schwartz Mike Ricks -Excused Steve McGarry Jerry Hastings Mary Haley -Excused David Stein -Excused Joseph Laird Randall Porter Public Works Director Finance Officer P & Z Administrator City Attorney City Clerk Portions of the meeting were recorded. John Millar -Excused Richard Horner -Excused Kurt Hibbert Stephen Zollinger -Excused Blair D. Kay Consent Agenda: The consent agenda includes items which require formal Planning Commission action, however they are typically routine or not of great controversy. Individual Commission members may ask that any specific item be removed from the consent agenda for discussion in greater detail. Explanatory information is included in the Planning Commission's agenda packet regarding these items. a) Minutes from the September 18, 2003 meeting Jerry Hastings moved to approve the minutes for September 18, 2003; Randall Porter seconded the motion; all voted aye, none opposed. The motion carried. Zoning Compliance -None Noncontroversial Items Added to the Agenda: -None Public Hearings: -None 7:05 p.m. -Rezone 408, 416 West Main Street from MDR to MDR2 - Graydon Burton U • • 1 ~ • Kurt Hibbert presented a map to the Commission showing the properties that are requesting a re-zone to MDR2 from MDR. The Barney and Covington property was recently rezoned to MDR2 just north of this request. The Public Hearing was opened for testimony. Those in favor of the request: Graydon Burton - 416 West Main Street -explained that their property has been surrounded by higher density property. He explained that the request for MDR2 will help them sell their property for development. Those neutral to the request: -None given Those against the request: -None given The Public Hearing was closed to public input. The Commissioners discussed the zoning that was in existence before the adjacent property was up-zoned to HDR and MDR2. They discussed the advantage to re-zone this property to MDR2. It would allow larger buildings than four plexes to be built on the property. `• Kurt Hibbert reviewed the property on the overhead screen. The Rexburg canal is east of these parcels of property. 3erry rlastings moved to approve the request to re-zone the property at 408 & 416 West Main Street from MDR to MDR2; Robert Schwartz seconded the motion; all voted aye; none opposed. Steve McGary abstained from the vote. The motion carried. The agenda for the 16t~' of October was discussed. There is going to be a County Planning discussion on the Comprehensive Plan for Sugar City, Rexburg, and Madison County. All three Planning Commissions are invited to this meeting. The plan is to talk about the Comprehensive Plan for the County. Winston Dyer removed himself from the meeting. Robert Schwartz took control of the meeting. Kurt Hibbert reviewed the Comprehensive Plan Map with the Commissioners. The map showed the proposed areas that would be Residential, Commercial, and Industrial. Roads that were on the old version of the Comprehensive Plan map were reviewed. There was discussion on the need to change the location of some of the proposed roads. Kurt mentioned that a Comprehensive Map should contain the topographical data with rivers, mountains, and inaccessible areas. 2 Discussions on the need for the City to plan ahead for the services that will be needed • within the City limits and develop them. This would entail a build out of the City of Rexburg before extending the size of the City any further outside the current City limits. Discussion on the different life styles that exist in the County. Some residents would like to live in a country setting with larger lots. Others want to live in the City with City services. Kurt Hibbert read an article from a Boise resident about "Smart Growth". The article indicated that it maybe smarter to live closer to City parks and City services so that the residents can take advantage of Community events. Kurt indicated that zoning does matter in how a Community is developed as growth comes to the City. He reviewed the process for the City to set aside undeveloped sites for future public use development. Discussion on the developmental cost issues for the City and the County for public properties. Kurt indicated that the greater good of the Community must be considered when the City or the County make planning decisions for the Community. Steve McGary indicated that it was a good idea to have planning for the good of the whole Community instead of only one or two individuals. - Jerry Hastings discussed the need to have a Design Standards Ordinance for retail • buildings that would limit the size of the buildings. He suggested a square foot limitation with a Conditional Use Permit for a building larger than a certain size. New Business: -None Unfinished/Old Business: -None Report on Proiects: -None Tabled Requests: Conditional Use Permit for 270 Storage Units - 270 American Street - (Withdrawn by Nick Baldwin) Adjourned • 3