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Staff recommends denial of industrial rezoning for North Burns Road lot, citing access and neighborhood impacts
Summary
Planning staff recommended denying a request to rezone a 6.2-acre lot at the end of North Burns Road from low-density residential to general industrial, citing steep narrow road access, surrounding single-family homes, and incompatibility with nearby industrial locations that have better interstate access.
Planning staff recommended denial of a request to change a 6.2-acre lot at the end of North Burns Road from RN-1 (single-family) and low-density residential to IG (general industrial) and light-industrial land use.
A planning staff presenter (Jesse) said the lot sits at the end of a wooded single-family neighborhood and that North Burns Road has steep slopes, narrows in places to about 15 feet and lacks striping. Historical aerial imagery shows prior unauthorized landfill or industrial activity, but Jesse said that activity would have been a code violation because the zoning has long been residential. A more recently built warehouse on nearby property also appeared to be a code violation, the presenter said.
Staff recommended denial because permitted IG uses could generate heavy truck traffic on a narrow, steep road and would be isolated among low-density residential properties. Jesse said IG zoning in the broader vicinity tends to be located where parcels have direct interstate access or compatibility with heavier uses; the subject property lacks those access characteristics. No formal action or vote was recorded in the transcript.
