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Council approves three rezonings in Warrensburg, prompting setback concerns from adjacent business
Summary
The council approved rezoning requests for 622 and 624 Laurel Street (Light Industrial to R-2) and 1035 South Maguire Street (R-3 to General Business). Staff said approvals would change setback requirements and could impose a 30-foot setback affecting adjacent industrial properties such as Gator Graphics.
Warrensburg's City Council voted to approve three rezoning ordinances at its February meeting: 622 Laurel Street and 624 Laurel Street were rezoned from Light Industrial to R-2 (one- and two-family residence district), and a portion of 1035 South Maguire Street was rezoned from R-3 (low-density multifamily) to GB (General Business).
Barbara Carroll, director of community development, explained the 622 and 624 Laurel requests arose in part because mortgage underwriters and future redevelopment concerns have increased property owners' interest in securing residential zoning. She said that while existing houses on industrially zoned parcels are grandfathered, rezoning would protect the owners' ability to rebuild if a structure were destroyed and avoid the risk that a future disaster could preclude residential reconstruction.
Carroll told the council that rezoning adjacent industrial parcels to residential would also alter setback rules: if 622 rezones while 624 does not, the remaining industrial parcel could face a 30-foot setback on its south property line; if both parcels rezone, the between-lot setback becomes a standard residential 7.5 feet. Dean Willie of Gator Graphics submitted a written comment asking how a new 30-foot setback would affect his properties and staff responded that existing uses would be grandfathered but future development or changes could be limited.
The 1035 South Maguire rezoning was presented as a property-owner-driven request to enable storage-unit development on the site; staff noted prior rezoning history and recommended approval. Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval on all three items.
Each rezoning was moved to second reading by title and adopted by recorded roll-call votes in which Councilmembers Kushner, Osborne, Latari, Jones and Mayor Bruce de Euler voted in favor.
Council members did not take separate amendments; staff said the administrative review process would address driveways, stormwater and related site-control issues for the Maguire property if redevelopment proceeds.
