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Council continues rezoning hearing for 3001 McKinley after neighbors press for dumpster enclosure and mature tree buffer
Summary
A rezoning hearing for 3001 McKinley Ave was continued after neighbors and council members asked that conditions — including enclosing a dumpster inside the building and planting mature trees for buffering — be added to the site plan and agreed to by the applicant.
The Des Moines City Council on Aug. 19 opened a hearing on a request from JSG Properties LLC to amend the comprehensive plan and rezone 3001 McKinley Ave to permit expansion of industrial and warehousing uses. Neighbors and council members raised concerns about noise, litter and visual impact tied to an on-site dumpster and asked that the city require the dumpster be enclosed and include mature trees as part of the site-plan stipulations.
A councilmember (Speaker 4) noted neighbors’ complaints that trash and small debris were traveling north into residential areas and said, "they'd like to have the dumpster enclosed inside the building because what happens is they take pieces of glass and throw them outside into the dumpster." The councilmember and others asked staff to include stronger landscaping standards, with larger, more mature trees where feasible, to buffer the new industrial use from adjacent homes.
Because the requested dumpster-enclosure condition and tree-size stipulations were not in the application materials on file, councilmembers moved to continue the hearing to allow staff to work with the applicant and neighbors, and to seek the applicant’s consent to the proposed conditions. The council voted to continue the hearing; the motion carried with seven yes votes recorded.
The continuation means zoning approval will be postponed until the applicant agrees to any stipulations or the council elects to act at a later hearing. The transcript does not provide the applicant’s response on whether the enclosure and tree-size conditions will be accepted nor a new hearing date.
