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Council agrees to initiate rezoning of light-industrial parcels to residential to allow pole barns
Summary
After a senator and a resident asked whether a pole barn could be built at 23983 Johnson Street NE, staff recommended the city initiate rezoning from light industrial to residential. Council directed staff to begin planning and comp-plan adjustments and to absorb the application cost.
City staff told the City Council on Aug. 25 that a homeowner at 23983 Johnson Street NE asked whether they could build a pole barn. Staff said the parcel is zoned light industrial but that acreage and permit rules would allow a pole barn if the parcel were rezoned residential. The city's planning staff recommended initiating a rezoning to correct what staff described as a mismatched zoning designation in an otherwise residential area.
Why it matters: The rezoning would allow the homeowner (and potentially nearby property owners) to apply…
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