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Commission approves multiple zoning requests including large downzoning for former industrial tracts
Summary
The commission approved several land-use items, including Z-260010 (downzoning ~600+ acres by Shamrock Sustainable Investments to allow large residential lots), Z-260011 (removing split zoning to allow a mobile home with floodplain condition) and Z-260012 (additional warehouse and cell tower), all by voice vote.
Jefferson County planners presented a series of zoning and land-use requests that the commission approved by voice vote.
Z-260010: Planning staff described a large downzoning request of more than 600 acres from I2/I3 industrial designations to A1 to enable large residential lots on former U.S. Steel property assembled by Shamrock Sustainable Investments. Staff said the proposal is consistent with the county’s future land-use map and that there was no recorded opposition. Commissioners moved and approved the recommendation.
Z-260011: A separate request sought to remove a split zoning designator (property split between A1 and C1) to allow a single mobile home; planners recommended approval with a condition that the mobile home be located outside the 100-year floodplain. Commissioners confirmed the request is not a mobile-home park and approved the item with the floodplain condition.
Z-260012: The final zoning case covered an additional warehouse and the addition of a cell phone tower on a site in a manufacturing area; staff reported similar surrounding uses and no opposition. Commissioners moved, seconded and approved the change to a lighter industrial (I1) designation.
During the discussion of an earlier case (carryover D-260007), staff relayed neighborhood concern about utility/field lines and noted an applicant’s claim that a Jefferson County Department of Health representative had been satisfied with utility locations; commissioners requested a formal Health Department representative for the next hearing to verify the claim rather than rely on hearsay.
Why it matters: The approvals reclassify former industrial tracts for residential use, clarify allowed uses for specific properties and resolve split zoning questions; the decisions shape long-range development and private-investment opportunities in parts of Jefferson County.
Next steps: Where conditions were attached (Z-260011 floodplain restriction), staff will track compliance; the carryover case (D-260007) will return with requested Health Department input.
