HomeMy WebLinkAboutA001 - Letter to Mayor from Prairie View East Homeowner's Association TO: HONORABLE LARRY CURTIS, MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL FOR AMES, IOWA
FROM: PRAIRIE VIEW EAST HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION
SUBJECT: REZONING OF THE VACANT LAND CONTIGUOUS TO
AND WEST OF PRAIRIE VIEW EAST SUBDIVISION
The majority of the owners of the property located in First Addition,
Prairie View Subdivision, in Ames are requesting that the City Council
refer to the City Planning and Zoning Commission the question of whether
the land now vacant immediately to the West of the Prairie View
Subdivision have its zoning changed from R-3 to R-2 and R1-6. The
property in question is outlined in bold black on the attached Plat.
The zoning on First Addition, Prairie View Subdivision, is currently
R-3, even though by restrictive covenant and use it is developed as an R-2
and R-1 zone. The owners in Prairie View East have petitioned for
rezoning on that Subdivision and hearing on their Petition will be before
the Planning and Zoning Commission in early August 1990.
By way of history, in 1983 when the City was re-doing the zoning
throughout the City and effectuating a land policy, a request was made at
that time by the Prairie View East residents to have their property zoned
R1-6, with approximately 12 of the lots zoned R-2 so that duplexes could
be accommodated. At that time the land immediately adjacent was also
considered. The City Council, after urging by the developer, and after
being assured that he would give restrictive covenants with respect to
Prairie View East, allowed the zoning to remain R-3, even though it did not
conform with the City's Land Use Policy. Prairie View East is now a
completed Subdivision with lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35
devoted to duplex use, and the remaining lots by restrictive covenant
designated single family residences.
The current Land Use Policy Plan of the City has designated this
area, both Prairie View East Subdivision and the land that is the subject of
this request, to be R-L, Residential: Low Density, 1 to 9 units per acre.
The land immediately across the road to the North is owned by the Ames
Community School District, and the land on the North side of the road
immediately to the West of that land is also R-L. The only area under the
Land Use Policy that is R-M, which would be Residential: Med. Density,
10 to 22 units per acre, and which would be R-3, is the area that the
University has used for many years, Schilletter Village. The Council is
urged to be consistant with the Land Use Policy Plan, and at the very least
refer this request to the Planning and Zoning Commission for appropriate
study and then public hearing.
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The residents of the Prairie View East Subdivision strongly feel that
the land that is contiguous to theirs should be developed in the same
manner. That being, that the lots nearest to 24th Street be reserved for
duplexes, and the remainder of the lots for R1-6, single family residences.
This would be very consistant with the Land Use Policy Plan and very
consistant with the area as it has developed. This would protect the
investments that have been made by the people in Prairie View East and
make a pleasant homogeneous development. To allow the development of
the land in question to be multi-unit structures would impact greatly on the
traffic in the area. It would create some real problems relative to access to
and from 24th Street. The only access into this land is from 24th Street,
and to put a big apartment complex in here, which the Prairie View East
residents understand may be forthcoming, will create some real problems.
The Homeowner's Association is not asking the City Council to make
a decision relative to the ultimate zoning on this property at this time.
They are asking that this request be referred to the Planning and Zoning
Commission for study. If the Commission recommends a zoning change,
proper notification be given and hearing be held as to those changes. If,
on the other hand, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommends there
be no zoning change, then there would be no necessity for the public
hearing. The Association feels that this issue should be looked at now
before any ground breaking takes place, and any party obtains any vested
interest in the current zoning policy. The Association also feels very
strongly that the Land Use Policy should be followed.
The Association requests at this hearing for the City Council to refer
its request to the Planning and Zoning Commissi n for further study and
evaluation.
O N Mc IN EY
315 Sixth Street
Ames, IA 50010
Tele: 232-3023
ATTORNEY FOR PRAIRIE VIEW
EAST HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION
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