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Commission guides 45-acre tract near 117th toward industrial use ahead of proposed Forgent facility
Summary
After a public hearing and resident questions about wildlife and traffic, the commission voted to guide three parcels near 117th Avenue and Dayton Parkway toward industrial future land use so the city can consider a proposed industrial project; staff and the applicant said buffering and landscaping will be addressed in the subsequent project hearing.
The Dayton Planning Commission voted 3–0 on Aug. 6 to amend the 2040 comprehensive plan guidance for three parcels (roughly 45 acres) near 117th Avenue and Dayton Parkway, steering the properties toward industrial rather than mixed commercial or business-park guidance.
Residents across the road asked whether city-owned open ponds and wildlife would be protected and raised traffic-safety concerns at the Hundred and 17th intersection. "Are you going to protect the ponds?" asked Joanne Dudica, who lives at 17050 117th Avenue North; staff said environmental and buffering concerns would be more appropriate to address at the project-level public hearing that will follow.
Applicant representatives (Measure Group) said the proposed industrial user (project overview presented conceptually) would include substantial buffering and landscape measures and that detailed mitigation will be presented at the next hearing. The applicant's representative said the adjacency to existing industrial activity (Forgent/Cubes campus) motivated the request and that project-level designs would aim to minimize visual and stormwater impacts. Staff emphasized that comprehensive-plan guidance does not immediately change zoning or strip current property rights from owners but serves to guide future rezoning requests and project review.
Commissioners acknowledged the tension of guiding greenfield land toward industrial use while residences exist nearby and stressed future approvals must include robust buffering, traffic and stormwater analyses. The commission's recommendation will be forwarded to City Council for consideration. A project-level rezoning and site-plan public hearing is scheduled for a later date.
