Davenport council leans to treating wholesale uses in C‑3 as special uses, asks staff to draft rules

Davenport City staff presented a petitioner‑initiated amendment aimed at allowing wholesale establishments as a use in the city’s C‑3 zoning district and described four options for council consideration. The council signaled a preference for converting wholesale to a special use and asked staff to draft guidance and possible exemptions before the matter returns for third consideration on March 4.

Director Laura Berkeley told the council the petition — submitted Sept. 19 by a landowner listed in the packet as Thad Din Hartog and represented by attorney Mr. Pasternak — seeks to allow wholesale establishments in C‑3. Berkeley described proposed principal‑use standards that would apply where wholesale is permitted, including restrictions on dust, odors, noise and outdoor storage behind solid fencing, and noted staff had prepared four procedural options: (1)…