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Council approves small rezoning in Northern Plains addition; conditional‑use decision on townhomes tabled after resident concerns
Summary
Council approved rezoning a 151‑foot sliver in the Northern Plains addition from B2A to R2 while tabling a separate conditional‑use permit for townhouses after residents raised repeated flood‑risk, privacy and screening concerns; developer and engineer said unit count will not increase and that additional berms/swales and a pond exist or are planned.
The City of Brookings on Aug. 13 approved an ordinance to rezone the east 151 feet of Block 1 in the Northern Plains addition from B2A (office/commercial) to R2 (two‑family residential) but postponed a related conditional‑use decision on townhomes amid strong neighborhood opposition.
Community Development Director Mike Struck said the rezoning request concerns a small outlined area (about 10,000 square feet) originally intended for overflow parking; developers later said the parking was not needed and asked to downzone the sliver to allow townhome layout adjustments but not to increase the previously approved unit count. "We're still looking at doing 20 units," developer Kyle Roush said, noting the…
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