Sioux Falls council schedules second reading for rezoning that would allow storage-unit expansion off East Grant Street

The Sioux Falls City Council voted to send a rezoning ordinance for 4801 and 4901 East Grant Street to a second reading on Jan. 21 after staff and the applicant presented site plans and engineering comments and residents urged the council to deny or delay the change.

The ordinance, introduced as a first reading at the Jan. 7 meeting, would rezone roughly 1.9 acres now zoned RD1 (twin-home duplex residential suburban district) to C2 (commercial neighborhood and streetcar district) to allow two additional storage-unit buildings north of existing storage facilities. The Planning Commission had recommended denial, failing the motion 0-4 at its December meeting.

City planning staff described the required transition standards under Shape Sioux Falls: a Level C buffer yard for this situation that requires a 30-foot setback from the residential property line, a six-foot screening fence and 40 landscaping units per 100 linear feet. Staff said the applicant proposes an additional 15 feet of green space plus a 20-foot asphalt area before…