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Milton planning board recommended rezoning 25 acres behind 6593 Caroline Street; approval would require a development agreement and address access concerns
Summary
Staff briefed council on a rezoning request to change roughly 25 acres behind 6593 Caroline Street from R‑2 to Recreation. The Milton Planning Board recommended approval 4‑0‑1 subject to a development agreement including a five‑year reversion clause; the fire chief noted secondary‑egress concerns. The item will proceed to a public hearing.
City staff presented a rezoning request for roughly 25 acres behind 6593 Caroline Street at the July 8 Milton work session, explaining the Milton Planning Board recommended approval by a 4‑0‑1 vote with conditions.
Tim (presenting staff analysis) told council the Planning Board recommended approval on the condition that the applicant enter a development agreement that would require the property to revert to its previous zoning if development did not begin within five years. “They approved that vote by 4 0 1 vote, and that was subject to the… development agreement, with the city that should, this project not be constructed within a time period of 5 years, said the property revert to its original,” Tim said.
Staff noted much of the site is traditional wetlands and the parcel is adjacent to the Blackwater Trail and a recreational zoning district. Staff advised council members to review the packet’s list of allowable uses in the proposed Recreation zoning compared with the existing R‑2 district.
Council members asked about the single Planning Board 'no' vote; staff said the dissent came from a member who might attend the public hearing. The city’s fire chief raised access concerns, noting the site has essentially one way in and one way out and that could create rescue difficulties in the event of an emergency; staff said such issues would be addressed in the development agreement.
Staff said the rezoning requires a public hearing before council; the Planning Board recommendation and the development‑agreement condition were presented to aid council’s review. No council action on the rezoning was taken at the work session beyond scheduling the public hearing and review of the packet materials.
