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Commission approves rezoning of three Riverside Drive lots to allow conventional loans
Summary
The Williston commission rezoned three Riverside Drive properties from heavy industrial to rural residential and approved a variance and affidavit recording; residents and planning commissioners raised buffer and lot-width concerns before a unanimous vote.
The Williston Board of City Commissioners voted unanimously Oct. 8 to rezone three properties at 703, 707 and 721 Riverside Drive from M-2 (Heavy Industrial) to R-1A (Rural Residential) to remove a nonconforming-use designation that was preventing buyers from obtaining conventional mortgages.
City Planner Kent Jarcik said the rezone would allow the three homeowners to market their properties as conforming residences and noted the water line installed to serve a Trenton Indian Service Area home is suitable to serve the Riverside properties as well. The commission also approved a variance from certain R-1A development standards for the three parcels and directed that an affidavit be recorded noting adjacent parcels remain zoned M-2.
The rezoning prompted a handful of public comments. Dan Kalil of Williston Township asked that residents be properly notified in case future industrial development created the need for buffer zones. "We want to make sure that the residents are aware of this change and that they are notified in case they should lose some of their property to a buffer zone," Kalil said. Craig McIvor told the commission the property owners who requested the change were aware of the implications and supported the rezoning. Planning and Zoning Commissioner Bob Enyon said his primary concern was an existing 12-foot lot and how buffer requirements might affect lot configuration; owner Mr. McDonald told the commission a setback-related buffer would not be a problem for him.
Mayor Howard Klug and the full five-member commission voted to approve the rezoning, the variance and recording of the affidavit. The motion carried 5-0.
The action removes a zoning barrier for the three Riverside Drive homeowners but leaves adjacent industrial entitlements in place, as the recorded affidavit makes clear. The commission did not set any additional conditions or timelines for development on the formerly industrial parcels.
