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Plan and Zone Commission recommends rezoning for Teske’s site at 2395 Spruce Hills Drive
Summary
The Bettendorf Plan and Zone Commission voted unanimously to recommend rezoning 2395 Spruce Hills Drive from C-1 to C-2, clearing the way for a possible mixed-use redevelopment by the owner of Teske’s Pet and Garden Shop. Commissioners emphasized that detailed site-plan review will address parking, traffic and stormwater.
The Bettendorf Plan and Zone Commission voted to recommend rezoning 2395 Spruce Hills Drive from C-1 (neighborhood commercial) to C-2 (community commercial), a change the property owner said would allow replacement of an aging building with a mixed-use project.
Kamal Hussain, owner of Teske’s Pet and Garden Shop, told the commission the existing building has structural and electrical problems and “we want to build a new building and then demolish the existing one.” He said the project would benefit both his business and the city and noted the site’s adjacency to a school.
Staff presented the rezoning as a request to “right-zone” a use that is currently nonconforming in a C-1 district and said the proposed C-2 designation is consistent with the city’s future land-use map. The materials provided by the applicant showed three conceptual designs with first-floor…
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