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Planning commission votes to prepare zoning change for 600 North and recommend it to city council
Summary
Planning commissioners agreed to prepare and recommend a zoning map amendment that would extend the light-commercial zone to include 600 North (address corridor). The commission made and seconded a motion to draft a zone change ordinance and forward the recommendation to the City Council for public hearing.
The Spring City Planning Commission agreed to prepare a proposed zoning map amendment to extend the city's light-commercial zone to the 600 North corridor and to recommend that ordinance change to the City Council.
A resident and local business owner described operating a repair shop one block outside the existing light-commercial zone and requested that the commission consider extending the commercial designation. The owner said his business is small-engine and ATV/lawn-mower repair and that he would not store dumpsters or place vehicles in public view. He asked the commission to rezone the block at 600 North to allow his operation to comply with the city's commercial provisions.
Commission members discussed code restrictions that apply in light-commercial zones, such as limits on chemicals and large-engine repair, noise and odor considerations, required parking distances from the road (five feet minimum), and screening or dumpster placement. One commissioner noted that a nearby business already operates under light-commercial rules, which suggested that a map amendment could be appropriate in some locations.
During discussion a commissioner moved that staff prepare a zone-change ordinance to extend the commercial zone to 600 North and forward that proposed ordinance to the City Council for a public hearing. Another commissioner seconded the motion. The motion was made on the record and was not resolved with a roll-call vote in the transcript; the commissioners present proceeded to request staff prepare the ordinance and noted the applicant should be careful to meet the code's operational conditions until any rezoning is final.
City staff said they would prepare the draft ordinance and provide it to council in time for the next council agenda. The commission instructed staff to include the zoning change draft and to ensure the applicant understands the standards that will apply in a light-commercial zone.
The action recorded in the meeting minutes is a formal recommendation to draft and forward a zoning ordinance change to the City Council; the transcript does not include a recorded final vote count on the motion.
