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Burleigh County committee discusses rezoning and infrastructure options for Missouri Valley Complex
Summary
A Burleigh County committee reviewed a preliminary zoning request for the Missouri Valley Fairgrounds complex and discussed whether roads and utilities should be public or private, potential easements, stormwater requirements and next steps with the City of Bismarck.
A Burleigh County committee met to review a preliminary rezoning request and early planning concepts for the Missouri Valley Fairgrounds complex, focusing on whether to replat the site as a single public parcel, utility and road ownership, and infrastructure costs and maintenance.
Jason Patricia, a consultant with Slinson Hagen, told the committee the firm had met in a pre-application conference with city staff in Bismarck and was proposing to rezone the site from a Planned Unit Development (PUD) to a public zoning classification. “The zoning and planning process can coincide together,” Patricia said, adding that starting the zoning work now would allow follow-up planning later.
The discussion emphasized two parallel choices: (1) keep the current configuration of lots and rights-of-way, which subjects each lot to separate setbacks and limits flexibility; or (2) consolidate the fairgrounds into a single parcel with a series of access and utility easements to allow shared uses, private roadways and flexible placement of buildings and parking.
Patricia described easements as tools to allow private roadways and centralized utility corridors while avoiding the rigidity of…
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