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Monroe council denies rezoning for portion of 219 North Bivens Road; developer had proposed concrete plant
Summary
The council denied a request to rezone 8 acres of 219 North Bivens Road from general industrial to heavy industrial, after planning staff and the planning board recommended approval; council cited land use and transportation plan compliance concerns.
The Monroe City Council on Aug. 26 denied a zoning map amendment that would have rezoned an 8-acre portion of property at 219 North Bivens Road from general industrial to heavy industrial.
Megan Breithart of the planning department described the request as a proposal to rezone 8 acres of a 35-acre parcel to permit heavy industrial uses — examples cited included concrete plants, lumber yards and towing yards — while leaving 27.7 acres as general industrial. Breithart said the land use and transportation plan designates the area for manufacturing, logistics and aerospace uses and that planning staff and the planning board recommended approval. She told council that staff posted a rezoning notification sign and mailed 15 notices to properties within 150 feet; she said no written responses were received.
At the public hearing, Albert Rory, a real estate agent who said he represents Datascope, told council the 8 acres would be sold to VO Properties and used for a concrete plant. After public input, a council member moved to deny the land use and transportation plan compliance finding on the grounds that the rezoning would allow higher-intensity industrial development that “may adversely affect surrounding properties.” The motion was seconded and the council voted to deny the rezoning request.
Breithart told council that the parcel currently contains three single-family homes and that the surrounding parcels to the north and west are zoned general industrial while parcels to the east and south are heavy industrial. Planning staff had argued the requested zoning was consistent with the future land-use designation because the area is intended to be buffered from surrounding development and support manufacturing-scale activity. Council’s action in denying the compliance finding prevents the rezoning from moving forward at this time.
No roll-call vote tally naming individual council members appears in the transcript; the motion and second were made on the record and the council’s denial was announced at the meeting.
