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Applicant seeks rezoning to allow trucking business at 2720 S. 6750 W.; planning commission recommended denial
Summary
Eloy Santana asked the council to amend the general plan and rezone a 1-acre property to allow a trucking business and on-site equipment storage; staff noted code enforcement citations and a portion of the site is in FEMA Flood Zone A; the planning commission recommended denial.
Eloy Santana applied to amend the city’s general plan from rural residential to light manufacturing and to rezone a 1-acre parcel at 2720 South and 6750 West to permit a trucking business and on-site equipment storage. "My name is Eloy Santana. I'm the applicant," Santana said when invited to address the council.
Community Development Director Steve Pastor told the council the zoning change would legalize commercial vehicles that have led to code enforcement citations. Pastor noted the property is adjacent to the city parks maintenance facility and a Magna Water District treatment site and that the northwest corner falls within FEMA Flood Zone A. "If the council were leaning toward approving this, we could work on a development agreement," Pastor said, but he emphasized the planning commission recommended denial because commission members concluded the site was not an appropriate location for trucking operations.
Staff displayed aerial photos and a series of year-by-year site images showing increased commercial vehicles and outbuildings; Pastor said a rezoned property would still require formal site-plan approval, paving, screening and might trigger floodplain-related requirements. He also explained that if the dwelling on the parcel becomes nonresidential for more than a year it could forfeit residential status under nonconforming use rules.
Santana told the council he bought the parcel earlier and said he had not intended to run a trucking business at purchase; he said the business began later and that he had been storing equipment on other leased property until seeking this rezoning to 'legitimize' the current use. Council members asked clarifying questions about retaining the house and about possible development agreements; Pastor said no development agreement was included in the packet and would require further negotiation.
The matter will return to the council as formal land-use and zoning actions at the upcoming meeting for final consideration and any vote.
