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Commission hears rezoning request for longtime commercial property at 311 NE Standard Ave
Summary
Staff and Planning & Zoning recommended rezoning the old feed-store property at 311 NE Standard Avenue from residential to commercial to eliminate a nonconforming use; two nearby property owners submitted comments opposing the request and commissioners asked whether it amounted to spot zoning.
City planning staff recommended rezoning the property at 311 Northeast Standard Avenue — the site of the former feed store — from residential to commercial to bring the zoning designation into compliance with the property’s long-standing commercial use.
Staff said the parcel had functioned commercially since the 1980s and that rezoning would eliminate its nonconforming status. Notices were mailed to 17 property owners within a 200-foot radius; staff said two comments were received in opposition. The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval.
Commissioners asked whether the request constituted spot zoning and discussed amending the future land-use map to consider a broader commercial designation for the block. Staff noted the property pays taxes as commercial and that the future land-use map can be amended to reflect a larger commercial area.
The item proceeded as a public hearing and staff remained available for questions; the transcript records discussion but not a final ordinance vote at this meeting.
Next steps: the commission will consider the rezoning request through the normal ordinance and hearing process, and may amend the future land-use map as part of a broader planning action.
