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Commission backs allowing gravel maneuvering areas for agricultural equipment in RI zone
Summary
The Ames City Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend that City Council amend the zoning code to allow gravel surfacing for agricultural-equipment maneuvering areas in the Research Park Innovation (RI) zone, limited to accessory areas behind principal buildings and subject to planning director approval.
The Ames City Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend that City Council amend the zoning code to allow gravel as a paving surface for agricultural-equipment maneuvering areas in the Research Park Innovation (RI) zone, with approval by the planning director.
City planning staff presented the narrowly tailored amendment as a way to reduce construction costs while preserving the Research Park’s design and landscaping standards. The staff member explained that principal-access areas visible from the street would still have to be paved, that unpaved areas would need to be accessory and…
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