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Council approves rezoning near 6200 Scout Trail to limited industrial for storage and parking expansion

5793440 · September 8, 2025
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Summary

Des Moines City Council approved amending the comprehensive plan and rezoning multiple parcels near 6200 Scout Trail to Limited I-1 to allow building expansion, storage and parking; waiver requested by applicant requires six votes and action passed.

The Des Moines City Council approved first and final consideration of ordinances Sept. 8 to amend the DSM Creating Our Tomorrow comprehensive plan and rezone multiple parcels in the vicinity of 6200 Scout Trail from business park and development control to industrial, and from EX mixed-use and P-2 public/civic to Limited I-1 Industrial. The request, filed by Bell Avenue Properties Inc. (officer Jonathan Cain) and Mid Iowa Council, Boy Scouts of America (officer Matt Hill), sought to allow building expansion, storage and parking-lot additions. The transcript records that waivers were requested by the applicant and that such waivers require six votes; the council moved, seconded and approved the ordinances by a 7-0 vote. No parties of interest or members of the public spoke at the hearing; germane public comments were invited but none were offered. The council approved both first- and final-reading motions and proceeded to the next item without recorded amendments or additional council conditions.