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Rathdrum planning panel recommends zoning change for proposed city hall site
Summary
The Rathdrum Planning & Zoning Commission voted to recommend the city council approve a rezone of a roughly 30-acre city-owned parcel on Lancaster for a new city hall, police station and park, moving a commercial frontage onto Lancaster and rezoning the remainder to a public-use district.
The Rathdrum Planning & Zoning Commission voted to recommend that the city council approve a zoning map amendment for a roughly 30-acre, city-owned parcel at the northeast corner of Lancaster and Radcliffe Street to accommodate a new city hall, police station and public park.
The recommendation, made during a public hearing, would change the southern 365 feet of the site to C-1 general commercial (to provide commercial frontage on Lancaster) and rezone the remainder to P (Public Use) for municipal facilities and parkland. The motion passed on a roll-call vote of the commissioners present: Ken (Aye), Nick (Yes), Nina (Aye), Cindy Bessey (Yes), and Larry Devereux (Aye).
Why it matters: the parcel is city-owned and already identified in the city's adopted future land-use map for public uses, so the change would implement the comprehensive plan and allow the city to proceed toward developing municipal buildings and recreation facilities on the…
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