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Sioux City council adds site-plan requirement after heated hearing on rezoning near Leeds Elementary
Summary
After residents and school officials warned that industrial zoning near Leeds Elementary would threaten safety and neighborhood character, the council voted 3-2 to require any future industrial user to present a site plan to Planning & Zoning and the council before approval.
The Sioux City Council on Monday heard more than an hour of public comment on a proposal to rezone property near 3700 Jefferson Street from general commercial to industrial, then approved an amendment requiring future businesses to submit a site plan for Planning & Zoning review and city council approval.
Ron Coke, principal of Leeds Elementary School, told the council the rezoning would put nearly 600 students at risk. "Turning that land into industrial would introduce heavy-duty trucks, large machinery, constant traffic into an area designed for families, not freight," he said, urging the council to deny or…
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