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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA003 - Planning and Zoning Commission decision on industrial zoning, Freel Drive area City of AMES, Iowa '6 50010 (515) 232-6210 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT October 13, 1976 Honorable Lee Fellinger, Mayor Members of City Council Administration Building Ames, IA 50010 RE: Freel Drive Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council: The Planning and Zoning Commission during its special meeting of September 22, 1976, considered the above Council initiated rezoning request for the second time and voted to approved the following motion by a 4-2-1 vote: That we reaffirm to the City Council industrial zoning for the entire annexed area on Freel Drive. Voting record is as follows: VOTING AYE: Riis, Lex, Thurston, Nichol VOTING NAY: Cholvin, Shaughnessy ABSTAINING: Shank Please refer to correspondence, reports, and maps previously forwarded to you under dates of June 18, 1976, and September 15, 1976, for sequence of activities in this case. Transmitted with this recommendation is the latest supplementary staff report along with a series of maps illustrating different information for the area proposed for rezoning from A-1 to I-1. Respectfully, Patrick itz, Jr. PJS:daw Director of Community Dev opment cc: Terry Sprenkel, City Manager Georgene Shank, Chairperson, Planning and Zoning Commission John Luchan, Building Official A. 0. Chantland, Director of Public Works *Combining Education and Industry ulith Hospitality r CITY OF AIAES DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PREPARED: SEPTEMBER 15, 1976 At the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting of September 1, 1976, the Department of Community Development was asked to give further study to the Freel Drive rezoning request. The Commission requested the follow- ing information: 1. Areas outside the City prior to ,January 1, 1976. 2. Approximate lot sizes. 3. Illegal uses which have occurred since annexation. 4. Possibility of lot splits. That information plus some additional information is being provided in the following report. Attached are three maps which show the areas annexed, existing land uses, approximate lot areas and ownership. The information shown is current as of September 15, 1976, and was taken from existing City records and inform- ation gathered through personal observation. The maps are basically self-explanatory and should answer some of the questions the Commission had. The map showing existing land uses may not be exact because of problems inherent in trying to identify the precise locations of uses. The uses shown are those that could be discerned with- out access onto the properties. The question of illegal uses occurring since the area was annexed may be open to personal interpretation. A staff person from the Department toured the area with Mr. Arthur Risse who owns property in the area (see ownership map) . According to Mr. Risse there are no new junk yards on the street, but in one case an existing junk yard had been expanded and on another lot the storage of damaged autos had been moved from the back of the lot to the front of the lot. Mr. John Luchan, Zoning Enforcement Officer, was consulted and he indi- cated that he was not aware of any new junk yards in the area and there had been no complaints filed. He did mention that part of a couple lots was being used for dumping of broken concrete and asphalt, but that does not constitute a zoning violation. Based on the comments from Art Risse and John Luchan, it would appear that no illegal uses have been established since the area was annexed. Another question dealt with the potential problem of splitting the lots. That problem would not arise if the zoning remains A-1 since the minimum lot requirement is 43,560 square feet (one acre;) with a 100-foot minimum width. In the R-1 zoning district the minimum lot area is 10,000 square feet and the minimum width is 60 feet. Nbst of the lots could be split if the area is zoned R-1. 2 Even if the area is zoned A-1 or R-1, or any other residential district, no new residential structures can be built because no building permits can be issued for residential structures in the floodplain unless the structure satisfies the minimum requirements of the Iowa Natural Resources Council. Meeting those requirements would increase the cost of construc- tion and make residential construction less desireable in the area. It should also be noted that because of the nature of development in the area, it is doubtful that any additional residential development will take place. That brings up another point. Although the general area is industrial in nature, there are residential dwelling units interspersed. Unfortunately, most of the industrial and some of the residential uses are not typical examples of development in Ames. The junk yards and auto salvage areas ma be harborages for vermin and would constitute a health hazard for that reason. A check with the City Sanitarian, Dr. Paul Shoeman, indicates that there are ordinances which cover such problems and there was a recent case where those ordinances were invoked against a resident of the area. Because of the appearance of the area and the blighting affect it presents, the City of Ames should use every legal power to clean up the junk yards and make the area less of an embarr•issmem: to the remainder of the community. It is recommended that the zoning remain A-1 for the following reasons: 1. The A-1 district permits residential units on acre lots so that the residential units would not be nonconforming. Most of the lots are an acre or larger and would conform to the minimum lot area of the A-1 district. 2. If R-1 zoning is approved, as stated in an earlier report to the Commission, marketability of new residences in the area would be questionable. 3. The area has been identified as suitable for future industrial development and agricultural uses are suitable uses until such time as industrial development takes place. The Department further recommends that the Planning and Zoning Commission urge the City Council to use all legal means to clean up the blighted properties in the area. dw 11. 1. �! (; t� L, �J - -- �i-�� A Y - .o © o .,�.� _ FA 5 - - _ 5 iRpaaSFE� _ v _ SPENCER CO - - 'N ' STb(ZAC�f- 7 7 --- -- PAUL LORENP _ 8 c o s r. guy� ,4"To WALTER FREEL 8 f 9 - 9 10 10 11 LOUISE MATTINGLY -`"— 11 IfENNIS ROY BALL 12 12 AUTO 13 JERRY L. ROGERS _ 13 T:V. 12&_PAIR , 14 Ld DAVE KEPLEY 14 , > . LUTHER BEACH -- �- 15 16 (� 6 i � ALBERT _RASMUSSEN 17 GEORGE JONES j �7 1 J ART RISSE 18 4 RICHARD S - JOEL RASMUSSEN ! ! RHOADES 19 JAMES GEN�RAL CONTRACTORSi9 200 JOYCE E. JONES 21 LYLE A. CLARK - ?1 i i 22 7 GEORGE L. JONES 22 IROY DEMOSS oWhe r 24 WILLIAM LAWRENC _ 4 occuri/o, IELMER V._ SPRAGUE OWNERSHIP MAP 25 i,j] 5 SOURCE: CITY r GEORGE M. JONES LEO D. BARBER _ ASSESSOR'S ---------- �„"_" RECORDS 26 26 \ IRGINIA BARBER T.— L I N CULN WAY - El s� PL ATE 201 MY �-RaNSFER STO R o.CoE- C 0 N SS T. k /_jTO J ED] ❑�•�. .1UNiL AutO yroF 6f I 1 . Irp CORPORATE BOUNDARIES -T PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1976 �-WADED AREA IN CITY a o o a © ® d JUNK STORAGE _JUNKSTORAGE MD`- - - s ro mac_ VACANT [] RESIDENTIAL ,"k,V> C 0 N S T.J Juy ,waTo VACANT - USED FOR DUMPING OF BROKEN CONCRETE AND ASPHALT .- VACANT r� RE� NTIAL Ll J� AUTO viGv-AS COMMERCIAL - RESIDENTIAL n INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL ' RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL VACANT 1 lix ± 1 • 1 AGRICULTURE RESIDENTIAL 1 � I1 AGRICULTURE RESIDENTIAL ?] RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL' ��� RESIDENTIAL .,.,LAND USE MAP -T.-L -I N COLN WAY El TR�tssFE� 41,500-. Y - 41,500 oNv STO RAC-�E 49,800 49,800 F 45,650 ❑ 45,650 C 0 N sST. JtJt4 k ,auto 45,650 45,650 43,575 43,575 47,725 47,725 Q 45,650 ❑N15,650 J:lK,Z- Auto yro� 45,650 45,650 45,650 T.V REPAIR 45,650 W 41,500 41,500 47,725 47,725 D rLJ 45,650 -n _ _ _2.4.200 _ L�7 -188,550 45,650 45,650-------------- 24,200 _ 47,725 �j ,� I 45,650 45z650 45,650 47,725 49,800 �i� - - -- -- - 47,725 49,800 452650 APPROXIMATE LOT AREAS 43,575 LA 500 -----`-- - - ----- -- ---- -- ---- 58,100