Commission recommends rezoning of Huttner Industrial Park to I-1; preliminary plat for six lots approved

The Planning Commission recommended rezoning a parcel at 5451 Houghton Drive from PUD to I-1 (Light Industrial) and approved a preliminary plat for Huttner Industrial Park, a proposed industrial subdivision of roughly 6.18 acres into six lots intended for one building per lot.

Kelly Abel of the Planning Department summarized the request and showed site photos and a conceptual site plan. The submittal proposes six lots with one proposed building per lot; the applicant’s conceptual layout showed buildings of roughly 5,000 square feet each, and staff noted I-1 zoning limits building height to three stories or 45 feet.

Applicant representative Mitchell Moore described the proposal as a speculative industrial project and said there were no end users under contract at the time of the hearing: “This site plan is purely conceptual. This is a speculative industrial project. We do not currently have any users for the site,” Moore said. He estimated the site plan shown represented about 40,000 square feet in total and said building configurations could change depending on prospective tenants.

Commissioners asked about combined square footage and multi‑story potential; staff confirmed the I-1 district’s three‑story/45‑foot height limit. After brief discussion and no audience comment, the commission moved to approve the rezoning and preliminary plat; the transcript records votes cast and approval (vote tally not specified in the excerpt). The item will be forwarded to City Council for final action and any future tenants will be subject to site plan and building permit review.