Commission approves final plat for Northside Industrial Park; forwards to council with conditions

Plan and Zone Commissioners on March 18 voted to forward final plat F25-03, a 3-lot subdivision of approximately 28.3 acres for Northside Industrial Park, to City Council with staff-recommended conditions.

City planner Matt (staff member) summarized the project as an industrial-park final plat north of Harrison Street, with the northern boundary at the city limit and Davenport Municipal Airport to the west. The applicant reduced an earlier five-lot preliminary plat to a three-lot final configuration. Staff recommended a variance to exceed the maximum cul-de-sac length for a proposed Pheasant Circle extension, a traffic study was submitted to address access concerns, and staff recommended six conditions be attached to approval.

Key staff conditions included minimum sewer-easement widths (15 feet or twice sewer depth), installation of a sidewalk along Harrison Street with initial construction, a left-turn southbound lane requirement on Harrison Street upon construction of Pheasant Circle, and written approvals for additional fill within utility easements. Matt said a traffic study was requested by engineering to address limited access and unknown future industrial users.

The commission discussed the traffic-study rationale and the status of a court case affecting the city limit boundary; no speakers from the applicant added new information. The commission’s motion to forward the final plat with conditions carried on a roll call vote.

Staff recommended that the City Council consider the final plat and conditions; the required variance for the cul-de-sac was previously approved with the preliminary plat.