Planning commission approves rezoning and conditional use for Persimmon Drive contractor yard and warehouse

The Auburn Planning Commission voted to rezone about 10.08 acres at 306 Persimmon Drive from rural to industrial and granted a conditional-use permit to allow contractor offices, a storage yard and a proposed 14,280-square-foot warehouse with roughly 400 square feet of office space.

The rezoning and conditional-use applications were presented by city staff as a remedy to a longstanding legal nonconformity: the property currently operates as a contractor office and storage yard in a rural zoning district, a use that predates or was created without authorization under current zoning. The applicant asked the commission to bring the parcel into compliance with the city's zoning ordinance and 2030 future land-use designation.

Why it matters: approving the rezoning removes the property's nonconforming status and allows the owner to consolidate and expand existing industrial uses under the industrial zoning district. Commissioners and staff said the decision…