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Council narrows text-amendment path to allow Research Park to seek paving exceptions for ag equipment areas
Summary
The council instructed staff to pursue a Research Park–specific zoning text amendment allowing unpaved maneuvering areas for agricultural equipment, approving a narrow approach 4–1 to avoid a citywide change.
The Ames City Council on Aug. 26 directed staff to pursue a limited zoning text amendment to allow areas used primarily for agricultural equipment maneuvering at the ISU Research Park to be excluded from the city’s general paving requirements.
Planning staff described three options: a Research Park–specific amendment, a citywide change, or review through the Zoning Board of Adjustment on a case-by-case basis. Supporters of a narrow,…
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