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Council continues Orchard Place comp‑plan amendment after applicant cites late well/resource data
Summary
Rockport asked to delay action on a 2040 comprehensive-plan amendment affecting the Orchard Place/Mixed Business Campus to allow review of late-arriving private-well and related state-agency data; council voted to continue the item to the Jan. 22, 2026 meeting amid divided council views about additional extensions.
Apple Valley — The City Council continued action on a proposed amendment to the 2040 Comprehensive Plan that would change land-use guidance for the Orchard Place area (the "Mixed Business Campus") after the applicant said consultants last night delivered state-agency well and resource data that require further analysis.
Planning staff summarized the requested change as removing certain restrictive "blob" land-use areas to allow broader industrial uses in parts of the Orchard Place Development Area. Tim, a planning staffer, said the amendment is a precursor that could enable later rezoning for industrial uses, including potential data…
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