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Clinton adopts Gateway Overlay District zoning rules for major highways
Summary
The Clinton City Council adopted Ordinance 700 on second and final reading, creating a Gateway Overlay District for Highway 25 and Highway 61 frontage that imposes design standards, a permit review requirement and a grandfathering rule tied to occupancy changes or major renovations.
The Clinton City Council on second and final reading approved Ordinance 700, establishing a Gateway Overlay District that applies design standards and planning review to properties fronting Highway 25 and Highway 61.
The ordinance, which amends Ordinance 680 (the city zoning code), sets design expectations for new construction and major retrofits along the two corridors and requires planning review for qualifying projects. Council members voted unanimously in favor.
City staff described the district as a corridor-level design overlay covering much of the highways through Clinton and said it applies both to new buildings and to renovations above a defined value threshold. Councilman(s) asked for and received a clear definition of the ordinance's grandfathering provision: existing businesses operating contrary to the new rules may continue under their present occupancy unless and until the occupancy changes or a renovation equals or exceeds 50 percent of the structure's value, at which point the overlay standards would apply.
The ordinance also instructs the planning office to review new applications for the overlay frontages and to apply the stated design standards during that review. Council members raised no amendments during the second-reading debate.
Ordinance 700 passed on a recorded roll call with all members present voting yes: Councilman Queener, Councilman Foster, Councilman Harold, Councilman Hatmaker, Councilman Maines and Mayor Meyer Burton.
City staff said the planning commission reviewed the draft overlay and recommended its measures earlier in July; the council's action makes the overlay effective as adopted.
The change affects property owners and businesses along Clinton's main corridors and will apply when permitted changes trigger planning review or meet the renovation/value threshold in the grandfathering definition.
