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Planners recommend correcting future land-use map to match commercial zoning for two Highway 76 parcels
Summary
Staff told the commission two properties along State Highway 76 were mislabeled as suburban residential on the Newcastle 2040 future land use map; the commission moved to recommend amending the map to general commercial for both parcels.
City planning staff told the commission that two properties along State Highway 76 carry Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning with a CN1 base district but were incorrectly designated as suburban residential on the adopted Newcastle 2040 future land use map. Planning staff said the mismatch was discovered when property owners inquired about zoning and potential development.
At item 9, planning staff (identified as Levin/Logan Gray, City Planner in the transcript) said the property at 3151 State Highway 76 (listed in the record as Section 20, Township 9 North Range 4 West, and referenced as owned by Catholic Golding Company LLC) is zoned PUD with a CN1 neighborhood shopping base zoning; suburban residential land-use designation does not allow commercial uses, staff said. City staff requested a future land use amendment from suburban residential to general commercial to align the map with existing zoning and allowed uses.
At item 10 staff reported a similar discrepancy for a second parcel at 3120 State Highway 76 (Mason Storage LLC). The planner confirmed the Mason Storage property totals approximately 10 acres and likewise sits in a PUD with CN1 base zoning while the land use map shows suburban residential.
Commissioners asked whether changing the future land use to "general commercial" would implicitly encourage more intensive commercial uses than CN1 and whether the comprehensive plan differentiates light neighborhood commercial from heavier commercial uses. Staff replied that the plan’s future land use categories are broad (mixed-use residential, commercial or general commercial) and that changing the map would correct a mapping error; the change would not itself rezone the property or remove required public hearings for any rezoning or site plan amendments.
Commissioners made motions to recommend amendment of the 2040 future land use map from suburban residential to general commercial for both properties. The transcript shows motions and second for each amendment; a formal roll-call vote tally is not recorded in the provided excerpt.
