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M E M O PLANNING & HOUSING DEPARTMENT
CITY OF AMES
TO: Mayor, City Council
FROM: Department of Planning & Housing
DATE: December 15, 1995
SUBJECT: Request from R.K. Mathison to Allow a Parking Lot as a Principal Use in
the P-C (Planned Commercial) Zoning District.
The Department has been working with Mr. Mathison, regarding the reuse of his property
at 608 and 612 Burnett Avenue. This property has been used as a remote site for the
storage of new and used vehicles for a vehicle sales business located at the corner of
Burnett Avenue and Fifth Street. This use of this lot for vehicle storage predates the
rezoning of this property to P-C (Planned Commercial) in 1983.
Now Mr. Mathison would like to rent this property to the U.S. Post Office to be used as
a parking lot for postal vehicles and employee parking. Staff believes this is a change
in use of the property, and the proposed use, a parking lot, is not listed as one of the
possible permitted uses in the P-C (Planner Commercial) zoning district. Parking lots are
permitted as accessory uses to the principal use of the property in the P-C district,
however, to allow a parking lot as a principal use, a parking lot would have to be added
to the list of uses that may be permitted in the district.
Staff believes that adding a parking lot to the list of possible permitted uses in the P-C
zoning district is appropriate in the P-C zoning district. These parking lots can be
landscaped and adequate buffers can be provided so as to be appropriate in appearance
with adjacent uses and property.
Therefore, the City Council needs to refer this request to the Planning and Zoning
Commission for their recommendation on this zoning ordinance amendment.
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