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Commission approves two zoning map amendments for MLK Boulevard and Highway 34 area
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Summary
After staff presentations and neighborhood discussion, the commission accepted planning's recommendations to approve a narrowed zone change for 145 E. Martin Luther King Boulevard and an industrial business (IBD) rezone near Highway 34, directing staff to prepare implementing ordinances.
The Danville City Commission on April 13 accepted the planning commission's recommendations to approve two zoning map amendments: a scaled-back change at 145 East Martin Luther King Boulevard and a separate zone change from highway business to industrial business development for property on Highway 34 near Minor Road and Kate Avenue.
Planning staff Hannah (S10) told the commission the applicant for the Martin Luther King Boulevard property (Jennifer Paycheck) scaled back an original request after neighborhood concerns; instead of rezoning the entire L-shaped parent tract, the applicant asked only to rezone the front parcels that face East Martin Luther King Boulevard. "She is only asking to change Lot 10 and 18," Hannah said, and staff noted the planning commission recommended approval after a 6-0 vote in December following public outreach.
Commissioners asked about access and parking; Hannah said access will front on East Martin Luther King Boulevard and that the applicant had discussed selling rear parcels to neighbors so those areas would not become vehicle access or parking. The chair then entertained a motion to accept the planning commission's recommendation; the motion was seconded and adopted. Staff will prepare the implementing ordinance.
On the Highway 34 item, Hannah said the proposal would rezone an approximately 8.694-acre tract (adjacent to a Mead Tractor location) from highway business to IBD to accommodate tractor storage and operations that better conform with surrounding industrial zoning. The planning commission's January 28 recommendation was unanimous; the city commission accepted the recommendation and approved the motion.
Next steps: staff will draft and return the formal ordinances to implement both map amendments.
