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Alpine planning commission votes to recommend denying code change to allow light manufacturing in business–commercial zone

4625901 · April 30, 2025
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Summary

The Alpine City Planning Commission recommended denying a proposal to add “light manufacturing” as a conditional use in the Business/Commercial zone and to add a definition to the zoning code.

The Alpine City Planning Commission recommended denying a city code amendment to allow light manufacturing as a conditional use in the Business/Commercial zone and to add a definition of "light manufacturing" to the zoning definitions.

Planner Ryan Robinson introduced the item on behalf of the city, saying the request came from a property owner who wants to make an older manufacturing-style building marketable again. Robinson said the city had considered adding a definition and drafting standards so any new manufacturing use would come through a conditional use permit process. "We were recommending doing it as a conditional use permit," Robinson said.

Why it matters: Commissioners and nearby residents raised traffic, noise…

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