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Planners approve industrial rezoning after rejecting $675,000 street-improvement condition
Summary
Planning commissioners recommended approval of SBUD 17-54 to rezone a one-acre property on South Miller Place to industrial despite staff's technical evaluation seeking $675,000 in public-street improvements; commissioners deleted that TE, prompting discussion about how the city funds street repairs for industrial uses.
The Planning Commission on July 24 recommended approval to City Council of SBUD 17-54, a rezoning request for a one-acre site at 311 South Miller Place, after removing a staff technical evaluation that had asked the applicant to fund approximately $675,000 in improvements to nearby public streets.
Mark Zitzow, representing the applicant, told commissioners the property is surrounded by industrial zoning (I-1, I-2 and I-3) and multiple existing warehouses and outdoor storage uses. Zitzow said the owner sought this site to continue an outdoor material-storage operation in a location that is already predominantly industrial.
City staff and engineering representatives argued the…
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