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Council approves zone change, development agreement for 7.27‑acre parcel at 2300 South with fencing and reimbursement conditions
Summary
The Hurricane City Council approved a development agreement and zone change for 7.27 acres at 2300 South, allowing light‑industrial uses and adding specific requirements for fencing, dedication of a jog of 1100 West with potential impact‑fee reimbursement, and an explicit allowance for a gas station as a permitted use.
Hurricane — The City Council voted 4–1 to approve a development agreement and rezone for 7.27 acres at 2300 South (ZC‑25‑21) that moves the property from Residential Agricultural to Light Industrial while limiting uses and setting conditions for site improvements.
City staff outlined the draft agreement that would limit uses to general warehousing and associated office space, require dedication of a small jog of 1100 West to the city, and mandate fencing on three sides of the parcel within six months of approval. Staff said access to the site, once developed, would be from an improved 1100 West instead of the present roadway.
Scott Stratton, the applicant, asked the council to include reimbursement by impact‑fee vouchers for the dedication of the jog and to explicitly allow a gas station as a permitted use on the property. "I am trying to get the zone change," Stratton said during the hearing, asking the council to consider reimbursement for the small jog of roadway he would dedicate.
Council members debated the scope of the fencing requirement, whether privacy slats should be required along the east side adjacent to the airport utility corridor, and whether the city should require maintenance language for the fence. One council member queried whether fencing should be required only if adjacent parcels remained residential; staff proposed language that would require the north fence within six months if the council did not rezone properties to the north.
A motion to approve the development agreement as presented, with three explicit changes — (1) dedicate the jog and allow an appraisal/impact‑fee voucher reimbursement process, (2) allow a gas station as a permitted use on the site, and (3) require the east and other specified fencing within six months and add a maintenance obligation — passed on a roll‑call vote.
The council’s approval does not itself guarantee immediate development, staff warned; rezoning can make development more likely, but projects still must meet site plan, access and planning‑commission review requirements. The council instructed staff to return refined agreement language reflecting the reimbursement mechanism and the fence maintenance requirement.
The decision was the most contested land‑use item on the agenda and followed extended discussion about traffic, visual impacts, and how the development could shape future rezoning to the north. The council’s approval allows the applicant to move forward with the conditions adopted tonight.
