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Planner: land use plan currently protects agricultural pocket; council could reclassify through hearings
Summary
Development staff said a northwestern pocket is designated agricultural on the citys land use plan, which limits large‑scale development unless the council changes the designation; staff outlined the public‑hearing and rezoning steps required for any change.
Colin Carville told council that portions of the citys land use plan are designated agricultural and therefore not slated for large‑scale development. He said that, under the current plan, the northwest pocket would not meet the land use requirements for a rezoning to large‑scale residential or commercial development.
Carville cautioned, however, that the council could change the land use designation. He explained the procedural safeguards: public hearings to amend the land use plan followed by rezoning and then preliminary and final plan hearings at planning commission and council — totaling multiple hearings before a large project could be approved.
