Iowa City commission recommends rezoning of small triangular parcel at 691 East Foster Road

Iowa City planning staff recommended and the Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously recommended rezoning a 0.06-acre triangular parcel at 691 East Foster Road from OPD RS 12 to RS 5, a change intended to allow a boundary line adjustment that will enlarge Lot 25 of Conway Subdivision and make that lot eligible for duplex or attached single-family development.

Madison Connolly, associate planner, told the commission the triangular parcel adjoins Lot 25 in Conway Subdivision and is currently subject to a conservation easement that prevents development on that specific 0.06-acre piece. Staff said adding the parcel to Lot 25 would square up and increase the lot to 11,369 square feet, meeting minimum lot-size requirements for a duplex or attached single-family home that Lot 25 previously would not have met.

Staff recommended approval of rezoning case REZ25-0003 with conditions, including that no building permit be issued for Lot 25 until the city approves a boundary line adjustment…