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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA003 - department report, March 20, 1980 CITY OF AMES DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT TO THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION REPORT DATE PREPARED: March 20, 1980 MEETING DATE: April 2, 1980 LOCATION: 900' east of Dayton Avenue and approximately 1300' south of Lincoln Way except for a 40' wide connection to Lincoln Way. OWNER(S) : Harry and Margaret Sherk, et al LEGAL DESCRIPTION: The Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Fractional Quarter, except the Interstate Highway Right-of-way; and the East twenty-two acres of the Southwest Fractional Quarter of said Northwest Fractional Quarter; and the East forty feet of the Northwest Fractional Quarter of said Northwest Fractional Quarter, all in Section 7, Township 83 North, Range 23 West of the 5th P.M. , Story County, Iowa, containing 54.33 acres, more or less, subject to legally established highways and easements of record. EXISTING LAND USE: Agricultural LAND USE POLICY PLAN DESIGNATION: The Land Use Policy Plan designates the area as being suitable for industrial development. PROPOSED LAND USE AND ZONING: Proposed zoning is General Industrial . No proposed land use has been indicated although it can be assumed that the area will develop industrially. UTILITIES: Although an 8" sanitary sewer line is located at the intersection of Lincoln Way and Ford Street, a check with Public Works Department indicated that it may not be possible to serve all of the subject property because of topographic changes. There is a 12" sanitary sewer line in Dayton Avenue to the southwest of the subject parcel , but connection with that would require crossing property under a different ownership. There is a 14" water line in South Dayton Avenue. REPORT: 1 . On August 1, 1978, 24 acres northeast of the subject parcel was annexed and zoned I-1 . At present the land remains undeveloped. On July 10, 1979, 25 acres northwest of the subject parcel was annexed and subsequently zoned Industrial . At that time the following comments were made by one of the developers: -2- "Mr. Cox again commented that the owners are anxious to get something started on the property almost immediately and did not want to wait for a new zoning ordinance to be adopted. Mr. Walters noted' that there is really not too much available I-1 land in the City since most of Spencer's Subdivision has been spoken for." Although the staff recommended that zoning not be approved until the new G-I district was adopted, the Commission approved the I-1 zoning because of the indications given by the developers that development would be "started on the property almost immediately. Since that time, the G-I district has been adopted to replace the I-1 district. As of this writing, there has been no development on the parcel . (A copy of the minutes from the August 1 , 1979, P & Z meeting is attached. ) 2. Although both parcels previously annexed have not been developed, there has been an indication by the property owners that there are three industries considering purchase of portions of those parcels. All three would be served from Ford Street extended south of Lincoln Way. Since a part of the 80' right-of-way for Ford Street will include the 40' wide access to the subject parcel , it is necessary that the parcel be annexed so the street can be constructed. 3. At the meeting of the Story County Planning & Zoning Commission on March 19, 1980, this annexation request was discussed, The Commission voted unanimously to recommend that this parcel not be annexed. That recommendation is based on the following: a. The property is almost totally prime agricultural land. b. Although two adjacent properties have been annexed in the past 12 years, there has been no development on either parcel . (See attached letter. ) RECOMMENDATION: The Department of Community Development recommends that this property be annexed. - MINUTES - CITY OF AMES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING PLAN -0019NISSION: APRIL August 1, 1979 Esther Whetstone, Chairperson 1983 Date Donald Bledsoe, Vice-Chairperson 1982 NO2"an Riis 1980 Louis Lex 1980 7:30 P.hf. AZan KahZer 1983 Call to Order Jackie Alanatt 1984 Roy Zingg 1984 Council Chambers ''ABSENT -- Place --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9:40 P.M. Adjou�m.:rent CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chairperson 1'0ietstone. AFTR01TAL OF AGENDA: Agenda has approved on a motion by Alanatt, seconded by Zingg. l4otion carried 4 to 0 (with Riis, Bledsoe, and Lex absent for the vote) . ?MINUTES: Mr. Zingg made a correction in the minutes of the July llth meeting, that being in the middle of page 4, where it reads, ". . .ready to disapprove the subdivision." He changed the wording to read, ". . .ready to vote on a motion to disapprove. . ." Minutes of the meeting as corrected were approved on a motion by Zingg, seconded by Kahler. Alotion carried S to 0, with Bledsoe and Lex absent for the vote. SUBDIVISION: 'T'he Chairperson noted that the developers of Clear Creek .addition mad withdrai:n their CDP/PUD from this agenda imtil the September regular meeting. RF70NINGS: P\equest .of TA-irvin h:aller and Dick Cox to rezone approximately 25 acres located on the south side of Lincoln 1%ay 600' east of South Dayton Avenue from A-1 (Agricultural) to 1-1 (Light Industrial) . T•YJTION (Riis, Zingg) That discussion on item V.A. be undertaken at this tire. 'Motion carried 6 to 0, with Bledsoe absent for the vote. Air. hren_Tian read the memo that had been submitted to the Co,-,nission in conjimction with this subject. He noted that there are three alternative actions which the Cor;rnission can take: (1) Leave the parcel Zoned A-1 until such tune as the developer canes in with specific plans as to what is going to be developed there; (2) Rezone it to I-1; or (3) Leave the Ixircel A-1 until such time as the new zoning regulations are implemented j P f, Z Commission -2- August 1, 1979 by the City. Mr. Brennan noted that the staff recommendation is that it remain A-1 until the new zoning ordinance is adopted, at which time it will become "G-I". Mr. John Nutty, attorney for Ford Street Development Company (the name given to the partnership owning this land) spoke in favor of the develop- ment. He gave a little background information, that being that roughly a year ago, this annexation and rezoning request was brought before the Coliimission. He noted that at that time, the vote on the annexation and rezoning was 6-0-1 in favor and he felt that it would be a similar vote this time even though there were a couple of new members on the Commission. Ile felt that the I-1 zoning is the most appropriate since the land is bordered on three sides by I-1 zoning. He also explained that the developers propose to subdivide the area into industrial lots and sell to interested developers. The possibility has also mentioned that the owners may sell only one parcel and retain the rest for development by themselves. The owners felt that they needed the rezoning before they could begin the sub- division process. Air. Marvin halter spoke in favor of the rezoning. also. He noted that, contrary to the information supplied on the rezoning petition, the developers are aw:ioiLs to move ahead with this development and they have been approached by persons interested in developing this land. CoR nission members wondered why Council had changed its mind about annexing this property. Mr. l,'alter speculated that it was because they found out, contrary to their original belief, that there are nearby utilities easily extendable to this property, and also because they found out that no slaughtering plant was planned for this property. Mr. hex asked if the owners would be willing to put some type of deed restrictions on the lots so the land could not be used for a cattle slaughtering plant. Mr. 11alter indicated that he felt it was unreasonable, but that they would not be unwilling to do that because they have no inten- tions of building a cattle slaughtering plant on the site. Mr. lt'alter pointed out that a slaughtering plant is not a permitted use in the I-1 zoning district anyway. John ^:vtty expressed concern over inclusion of deed restrictions in that he was not certain whe.tl)er meat pac}:aging and freezing should be included in the restrictions or whether he would be able to come up with everything that would not be permissible. Mr. Dick Cox noted that they want desirable industry for Ames as much as the Corinission does and they would not i•:ant to invite any "unclean" industry to that area either. He felt there is no reason why this area should not be designated 1-1 at this thne since the adjacent land is zoned I-1. A question was asked as to how close the zoning ordinance is to being adopted. Mr. Switz indicated that the ordinance has been passed on to the City Council and it .ill be their decision when the item will be on their agenda. After the Council passes on the ordinance, it will be sent to the City Attorney for him to put it into legal form. Before the ordinance can be completely l 1` P Z Commission -3- August 1, 1979 enforced, the zoning map will have to be changed to conform with the new zoning designations. Mr. Bremran hoped that this could all be completed by the end of the year. Mr. Riis commented that lie felt the "G-1" district will give the City more control over industrial development and he felt it was not totally unreasonable to hold it until the new ordinance is completed. Mr. Cox again coj-cnented that the o;.»ers are anxious to get something started on the property almost intnediately and did not want to wait for a new zoning ordinance to be adopted. Mr. Walters noted that there is really not too much available I-1 land in the City since most of the Spencer's Subdivision land has been spoken for. There were no persons present speaking in opposition to the request. Mr. Bledsoe .indicated that he felt the Commission should make decisions based on existing ordinances and wait until the new ordinance is in force before making recommendations based on those regulations. -uri ON (Lox, Bledsoe) That we recommend the property located 600' east of Dayton on the south side of Lincoln Way be rezoned from A-1 to I-1 with the understanding that restrictive covenants will be put on the property so that only uses listed in the I-1 district of the present zoning ordinance are permitted. Mr. Zingg asked staff if the recommendation would have been different had the staff known that the developer wanted to develop tine property in the very near future. Mr. Brennan answered that the recommendation would probably have been the same as last year--that I-1 zoning be approved. Mr. };abler noted that this area will probably be strongly considered for G-I Zoning i;hen the new ordinance goes into effect, so it may require changes later on. VOTING AYE: Bledsoe, I;ahler, 11ar;att, VIietstone, Riis, Lex and Zingg VOTING %W: ,;one 'JOtiOn carried 7 to 0. B. Request of Iowa State University Research Foundation to rezone approxirately 22 acres from A-1 (Agricultural) to R-1 (Single-family Residential) and C-5 (Planned Coitirercial) . (Gateway Hills II) 1,I)TION ('matt, Lex) That we put Item V.B. on the floor for discussion at this time. '4)tion carried 7 to 0. Mr. Brennan noted that this item probably shouldn't even be on the agen3a because the staff, at the tine the staff report was urritten, believed that