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Board approves rezoning of Baltimore Avenue parcels to I-1 for equipment storage
Summary
An unnamed municipal board approved a petition by Matt Dakin of Dakin Development to rezone several lots on Baltimore Avenue and B Street from R-4 to I-1 to allow storage of construction equipment; the board noted a condemned house on an adjacent lot and a sanitary sewer line that the applicant would need to relocate if development occurs.
An unnamed municipal board voted Jan. 8, 2025, to approve a petition filed by Matt Dakin of Dakin Development to rezone property on Baltimore Avenue and B Street from R-4 to I-1 to permit storage of construction equipment.
The rezoning request, presented at a public hearing, would allow Dakin to use three adjacent lots as a lay-down yard and storage area for equipment operated by Militia Men Concrete, a company the applicant said he owns. "We're not trying to really work out of there. It's not gonna be really a place of business. It's gonna be mainly storage for our equipment," applicant Matt Dakin said.
Board members and staff raised two practical items tied to the rezoning. A board member who chaired the hearing said he did not see any problem with the application, and city staff noted one house on an adjacent lot is condemned. Staff also told the board that a sanitary sewer line serving lots above the site currently flows through the larger lower lot and that "it would be [the applicant's] responsibility to relocate that sewer line if anything can get built on that lower lot," a staff member said during the hearing.
Dakin offered to remove the condemned house if the city acquired it, telling the board he previously attempted to buy the structure but found the owner's asking price too high. "So even if the city ends up with that house and you guys wanna deal where I can remove the house, I mean, I'm willing to do that," he said.
No amendments to the petition were recorded in the hearing. A motion to approve the rezoning was made, seconded and approved by voice vote. The transcript records board members saying "Aye" and then declaring the petition approved; no roll-call vote or individual votes were recorded in the transcript.
The board closed the public hearing after taking the vote and moved on to the next agenda item.
Details discussed at the hearing were limited to the rezoning, the condemned house on an adjacent lot and the sewer line relocation obligation; the record does not show any conditions or timeline for development on the rezoned parcels.
