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Applicant seeks map amendment to allow conversion of shop to home on Blake Road
Summary
An applicant requested a future land‑use change and rezoning on Blake Road to permit turning a permitted shop into a single‑family unit; planning staff warned that code requirements such as fire‑rated walls and plan signoffs would be necessary because of proximity to neighboring dwellings.
Planning staff told commissioners an owner seeks a future land‑use map amendment from rural communities to suburban and a rezoning from MSF‑10 to MSF‑8.5 for 0.44 acres on Blake Road to allow an additional home. The site is currently residential and not in a flood zone.
During questions, the applicant said the shop had been permitted previously and he bought it intending a commercial use; because the lot was "0.08 acres short" he now hopes to convert the structure into a three‑bedroom dwelling. Staff cautioned: "Code does have some requirements that would have to be met in order to permit as single family home, fire rate the walls and things like that because the proximity to the existing home." No final action was recorded at the workshop.
