Commission approves rezoning for storage use; schedules public hearing on small residential rezoning

Lincoln County commissioners on Feb. 18 approved a zoning change for a property at 211 McDougall Road and authorized a public hearing for a second rezoning request on Monks Road.

Planner Tracy Perkins told the commission that file 2024-R11 would rezone Parcel 126041.07 (211 McDougall Road) from I-2 (heavy industrial) to C-1 (general commercial). The owner wants to build storage units and continue a commercial insulation warehouse use that is already on the site. County counsel Sean Henry reviewed the proposed down-zoning and, according to Perkins’s summary, saw no legal issues because C-1 is a less-intensive classification than I-2. There was no public opposition at the earlier public hearing, and the commission approved the rezoning on a unanimous voice vote.

Separately, the commission voted to call a public hearing on file 2025-R1 for a 1.44-acre portion of parcel 126049 (Monks Road). The owner proposes to rezone that portion from C-1 to A-1 so the parcel (after a minor-plat subdivision) will front only on Monks Road, a county road on which commercial business is not permitted. The planning commission had recommended calling the public hearing; county staff advised that a public hearing cannot be constitutionally blocked from proceeding and that administrative steps remain necessary if the commission were to reject the public hearing request.

Nut graf: The two items reflect routine planning work: one approved rezoning to regularize an existing commercial use and a second matter advanced to public hearing because the owner intends to convert a parcel back to agricultural/residential zoning where road access limits commercial uses.

Ending: The McDougall Road rezoning will be reflected in the county zoning map and planning files; the Monks Road request will be scheduled for public hearing as directed by the commission.