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Council reviews rezoning of North Main Street site to IE innovation and employment
Summary
Ordinance 9341 would rezone about 5.8 acres at 1168 North Main Street from commercial to IE (innovation and employment). Planning Director Heather Sailor said planning commission and staff recommended approval; Rex Suffman, representing Design Reynolds LLC, said the site suits IE uses and that a neighboring owner consented; there was no public testimony.
Planning Director Heather Sailor told the council that ordinance 9341 would rezone roughly 5.8 acres at 1168 North Main Street from C (commercial) to IE (innovation and employment), a category adopted with the city’s 2023 zoning code that allows a mix of commercial and industrial uses.
“The IE zoning classification does allow some additional uses, more so than the existing zoning of commercial,” Sailor said, noting that the planning commission held the required public hearing on Jan. 7 and referred the request with a positive recommendation and that staff provided a positive recommendation as well.
Sailor highlighted differences that would follow a rezoning, including changes to permitted and conditional uses and bulk standards. She said commercial zoning currently caps building height at 45 feet (with a minimum of 25 feet in the commercial standard cited) while the IE classification would allow a maximum height of 80 feet. Sailor provided council members with tables comparing setbacks, minimum lot width, lot coverage and the stated intent of each zoning classification.
Petitioner representative Rex Suffman, identifying himself as representing Design Reynolds LLC, described the property’s history as the former Pogamire Design Group building and said prospective interest in the site has been for IE-type businesses. “That site seems to fit the I and E site requirements better,” Suffman said, adding that the petitioner’s goal is “to make it more of an economic development site than a commercial site.” He also said a neighboring property owner has consented to the rezoning.
The chair asked whether there were public comments or correspondence; the clerk said none had been received and no members of the public addressed the committee. Council members recorded no questions or further discussion, and the chair closed the public hearing on ordinance 9341.
The council will have the hearing record available as it considers the ordinance at a future meeting.
