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Commission backs rezoning for 15‑acre ISU Research Park Phase 4; adjacent owner raises notification concerns
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that City Council rezone a 15.25‑acre portion of a larger annexed parcel to Research Park Innovation (RI) for equipment testing and storage, and a nearby landowner testified he had not received timely notice of the proposal.
The Ames Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend City Council approve rezoning a 15.25‑acre portion of annexed land south of the ISU Research Park from Agricultural to Research Park Innovation District (RI) with a master plan to illustrate future infrastructure and circulation.
Staff described the request as a split zoning of a larger 40‑acre parcel; the proposed RI designation matches the Research Park zoning to the north and aligns with the Plan 2040 employment designation. Staff said the rezoned 15 acres is the immediate development area where…
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