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Commissioners seek clarity on park inclusion and zoning limits for Dunkirk District Park
Summary
Commissioners asked staff to confirm whether including Dunkirk District Park in the town center would change ownership or allowed uses; Parks staff said program-open-space funding constrains converting the park and the park-and-ride remains state-owned.
At the Dunkirk Town Center public hearing commissioners asked whether moving Dunkirk District Park into the town-center boundary would change ownership or allow denser residential development.
Planning staff told the commission that including the park in the town-center boundary does not, by itself, transfer ownership. "The park and ride is actually state owned," staff said, and "just because it's going to be included in the town center doesn't mean ownership is transferred to the county." Bob Brandon, director of Parks and Recreation, added that program-open-space funds used to purchase parts of Dunkirk District Park impose requirements on how the land may be used and could require funds to be returned to the state if the property were converted to nonrecreational uses.
Commissioners also asked about zoning and density. Staff said the Dunkirk Town Center currently allows assisted housing only, with a maximum of four units per acre via transfer-of-development-rights mechanisms, and that sewer-capacity limits are a primary constraint on denser development. Staff said they would confirm the parks current zoning and provide follow-up information to the commission.
