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Council holds hearing on rezoning for industrial development at County Line Road
Summary
City staff presented a proposal to rezone roughly 14.9 acres annexed in 2020 from TR-1A to LI-P to enable industrial development, new access via Musick Road, and regional stormwater detention; no public speakers signed up and no council vote was taken.
Eau Claire City Council held a public hearing Oct. 13 on an ordinance to rezone land in the northwest quadrant of the city from TR-1A to LI-P to allow industrial development and regional stormwater detention.
Director White outlined the proposal, saying the rezoning would convert a parcel annexed in 2020 from the transitional TR-1A designation to an industrial planned district (LI-P) and create an outlot intended for regional stormwater detention. "The intent is to start developing land for its intended use, which is industrial and also creates an opportunity to do stormwater detention," Director White said.
The property sits at the northwest corner of County Line Road and County Road T and is part of a larger, roughly 80-acre transaction the city completed with Gateway Industrial Park. Director White said the portion under consideration is about 14.9 acres and would be served by an extension of Musick Road as the sole access; with the planned widening of County T there will be no direct access to County T from these parcels.
Vice President Worthman asked about neighbor notification and whether the farmland to the west had been involved in planning. Director White said the landowner to the west sold the acreage to the city previously and had been aware the property was to be redeveloped for industrial uses; the property owner uses an address in Chippewa Falls and therefore would not have received the residential notice mailed to adjoining owners.
Director White also said the proposed CSM (certified survey map) includes an outlot to the north that "will serve as industrial stormwater or a regional stormwater detention" and that the feature is intended to provide some runoff benefit to the adjacent Country Jam properties to the north.
No members of the public had signed up to speak on the item. No formal vote or final action was taken during the Oct. 13 hearing; the item remained at the public hearing/discussion stage.
The council proceeded to the next agenda item after staff questions concluded.
