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Ardo County staff, planning board back rezoning of 12.19 acres on River Highway amid neighbor concern over bar use
Summary
County planning staff and the planning board recommended approval of a rezoning request that would convert a 12.19-acre tract along River (Highway 150) to General Business (GB) with a narrowed permitted-use list; neighbors raised concerns that a bar is among the listed uses and asked the applicant to consider removing it.
Ardo County planning staff and the planning board recommended approval of a rezoning request that would rezone 12.19 acres along River Highway (Highway 150) to General Business, a change applicants say would formalize existing commercial intent and apply a reduced list of allowed uses. The board discussed the request at the 4 p.m. pre-agenda meeting and planned to hear the applicant and neighbors at the 6 p.m. public hearing.
Planning staff told commissioners that part of the parcel is already zoned GB with conditional uses tied to buffering on the corner near Quiet Cove. “The GB that it was not limited to the uses, so nothing really would change with the uses. It would just take in the entire track outlined in blue,” staff said. The planning board unanimously supported the application, and staff recommended support with the GB designation and the applicant’s narrower list of allowed uses.
Staff noted, however, that a bar is listed among potential permitted uses in the applicant’s submitted list. “There was a concern expressed at planning board regarding the use of a bar on the site, and a bar is listed as 1 of the potential permitted uses,” the presenter said. Commissioners asked how that use came to be on the list and whether the applicant would consider removing it to reduce neighbors’ concerns.
Commissioners and staff confirmed any condition limiting uses would require the owner/applicant’s written agreement. “Any condition that's added, they would have to agree to…we have to get it in writing too,” staff said, and the board agreed to raise the question directly with the applicant during the 6 p.m. public hearing.
No formal vote on the rezoning occurred at the 4 p.m. session; the item was scheduled for the 6 p.m. meeting when the owner and applicant were expected to appear and when public comment could be heard.
The board also discussed that the River Highway corridor is likely to be affected by imminent road-widening projects, a factor several commissioners said would influence future uses at the site.
