HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - LUPP map amendment for Bloomington Road and Stange Road RESOLUTION NO.08-196
RESOLUTION APPROVING LUPP MAP AMENDMENT
DESIGNATING CONVENIENCE COMMERCIAL NODE
AT BLOOMINGTON ROAD AND STANGE ROAD
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS,Uthe Development Company is requesting an amendment to the Land Use Policy Plan(LUPP)
map to place a Convenience Commercial Node(CVCN)at the intersection of Bloomington Road and Stange Road;
and,
WHEREAS,the Node will have use limitations consistent with Resolution No.07-528,which amended the
Plan in December 2007; and,
WHEREAS,uses proposed for this CVCN include a convenience store(which may include gasoline and
food sales,but no sit down restaurants),grocery store,medical office and clinic,and car wash, and criteria allow
only these uses provided they are not currently found in the village or the village is currently unable to provide a
location for them; and,
WHEREAS,after review by staff,it is concluded that the uses currently within Somerset do not include a
convenience store,grocery store,or car wash; and,
WHEREAS,based upon the findings of an analysis, staff concludes that: the location criteria requiring a
distribution of a CVCN of about one mile has been met;the location criteria that a CVCN be not closer than two
miles to an existing neighborhood commercial area,convenience commercial node,and/or village commercial center
except that this proposed node is within one-half mile of a village, and that there is only this node serving that
village,and that this node will not create adverse impacts on infrastructure has been met;that this site is in the Near-
Term Land area and is subject to the above locational criteria has been met;that the use criteria for a convenience
store have been met;that the use criteria for a grocery store have been met;that the use criteria for a medical office
and clinic have not been shown to be met;that the use criteria for a car wash have been met;and,that the goals and
policies criteria have been met; and,
WHEREAS,at its meeting on April 16,2008,the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the
Council modify the proposed amendment to the LUPP map to place a CVCN at the intersection of Stange Road and
Bloomington Road and to support,within the CVCN,the allowed uses of convenience stores,grocery stores, and
car washes based upon the findings of staff, and,
WHEREAS,the Planning and Zoning Commission also encouraged the Council to discuss the inclusion of
medical offices in that area and as part of that inclusion,better define what might be acceptable as medical offices
within the CVCN.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames,Iowa,that the proposed
amendment to the Land Use Policy Plan map to place a Convenience Commercial Node at the intersection of
Bloomington Road and Stange Road,with allowed uses limited to convenience stores(which may include gasoline
and food sales,but no sit down restaurants), grocery stores,medical offices and clinics, and car washes is hereby
approved.
ADOPTED THIS 13 day of May,2008.
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Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, May
Introduced by: Mahayni
Seconded by: Larson
Voting aye: Doll,Goodman,Larson,Mahayni,Popken
Voting nay: Rice Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 13'day of May,2008.