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Planning and Zoning board recommends rezoning near 100 North and 300 East for small senior/ADA apartments
Summary
Beaver City Planning and Zoning voted to recommend rezoning a parcel from R-1 to multifamily (MF-2) to permit a 6–10 unit, single-level apartment building aimed at elderly and ADA-accessible residents; the board closed public comment and will forward the recommendation to city council, while staff warned a conditional-use review may be required depending on occupancy definitions.
Beaver City94The Beaver City Planning and Zoning board voted on Jan. 6 to recommend that the City Council rezone a parcel near 100 North and 300 East from R-1 to multifamily (MF-2) to allow a small, single-level apartment building aimed at elderly and ADA-accessible residents.
Jason Shire, executive director of Beaver Housing, told the board the organization owns the site and is proposing "a single-level, for elderly and disabled" building with "6 to 10 apartments" depending on engineering and parking constraints. He said the units would be ADA-compliant and that the building would be privately operated by Beaver Housing rather than as a public-housing program.
The board opened a public comment period and heard neighborhood discussion about a related nearby property that appears in city records with the wrong zoning designation. A staff member said properties within 300 feet were notified; the presenter said, "We had no public comment" and staff recorded no phone complaints from nearby residents.
After discussion of site layout and nearby parcels, the board moved to close public comment and then moved and seconded a recommendation that the council approve rezoning the parcel (the board recorded the motion and a second). Planning staff said the board's action is a recommendation; City Council will make the final decision.
Planning staff also cautioned that the applicant may need to return to planning and zoning for a conditional-use permit depending on how the use is described. Taylor Gillens, the planning and zoning administrator, explained the city code difference: the permitted multifamily use allows a "residential facility for the elderly" under specific criteria, but if the applicant labels units as for the "disabled" the code currently requires an on-site caretaker and 24-hour supervision in some cases. Gillens said the board and applicant would discuss whether a conditional-use review is necessary.
The board approved minutes and handled routine procedural business before and after the hearing. The meeting ended after a motion to adjourn; members responded "Aye." The council is next scheduled to consider the rezoning recommendation at a future meeting, where final action will be taken by City Council.
