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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Ames Urban Fringe Plan Map Amendment for East Industrial Area RESOLUTION NO. 16-442 RESOLUTION APPROVING URBAN FRINGE PLAN MAP AMENDMENT FOR EAST INDUSTRIAL AREA FOR THE CITY OF AMES WHEREAS, the City of Ames adopted the Ames Area Urban Fringe Plan to help manage and plan for uses within two miles of the City; and, WHEREAS, the Fringe Plan is a cooperative plan for land use and annexation strategies among the City of Ames, Story County, and the City of Gilbert that includes a separate 28E agreement for its administration among the three parties; and, WHEREAS, the City Council initiated this Ames Urban Fringe Plan amendment to accommodate future industrial land development needs; and, WHEREAS, the proposed changes to the Fringe Plan are twofold—the first part is to re- designate a portion of the lands within the existing Agriculture\Long Term Industrial Reserve area to Planned Industrial; and, WHEREAS,the second part is to expand the Agriculture\Long Term Industrial Reserve area; and, WHEREAS, in accordance with the terms of the Ames Area Urban Fringe Plan, land designated as Planned Industrial allows for its annexation into the City of Ames; areas within the Agriculture\Long Term Industrial Reserve designation would not be eligible for annexation to the City unless and until the designation was changed to Planned Industrial; and, WHEREAS,the proposed area for Planned Industrial and Agriculture\Long Term Industrial Reserve lies east of Interstate Highway 35,south of County Road 210th Street,west of County Road 590th Avenue and extending to one-half mile south of U.S. Highway 30; and, WHEREAS,the subject area comprises about 7.22 square miles and currently has multiple designations: Planned Industrial,Agriculture\Long Term Industrial Reserve,Agriculture and Farm Service,Highway Oriented Commercial,and Natural Area on the Ames Urban Fringe Plan Land Use Framework Map; and,the City's proposed amendments affect the Fringe Plan designation of 3.47 square miles of the 7.22 square miles; and, WHEREAS, the proposed changes would retain the existing Planned Industrial (PI) designation along 13th Street and extend it south to the area between the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, a half mile south of Lincoln Highway, and then east to 590th Avenue; and, WHEREAS, the proposed PI designation area is consistent with the area covered by the City's recent agreement with Central Iowa Water Association regarding buyout terms; and, WHEREAS, Agriculture\Long Term Industrial Reserve (ALTIR) would be retained along the U.S. 30 corridor, but would be extended east to 590th Avenue; an expansion of ALTIR area would lie north of the Union Pacific railroad and extend north to 210th Street and east to 590th Avenue; and, WHEREAS,the industrial expansion to the east was identified by prior industrial land studies and through efforts by the Ames Economic Development Commission which saw the lands along Lincoln Highway as marketable in the short-term for large industrial development sites; and, WHEREAS, in addition, the uncertainty of the rural water issue and the City of Nevada's desire to expand to the west,has made it important to take a long-range perspective on how far the City hopes to expand; and, WHEREAS, the primary attributes of the east industrial area that make it desirable for industrial use are access to the railroad(preferably on the south side adjacent to the side trackage), access to highways, relatively flat land, ability to extend infrastructure to serve development, and large tracts of land under single ownership control; and, WHEREAS,the proposed Industrial Reserve area has the same general traits as those for the Planned Industrial area,but the Industrial Reserve area expansion is an effort to accommodate long- range planning needs of the community versus the shorter term horizon of the Planned Industrial designation; and, WHEREAS,the existing Highway-Oriented Commercial and Natural Areas that are part of the Fringe Plan would be retained, and a portion of a mapped flood plain outside the existing fringe area would be designated as Natural Area; and, WHEREAS,the eastern edge ofthe Ames Urban Fringe Boundary,now extending two miles from the current eastern edge of the Ames city limits (and overlapping Nevada city limits) would extend only to 590th Avenue; and, WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission met on February 17, 2016, and recommended denial of the Fringe Plan Amendment. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that amendments to the Ames Urban Fringe Plan Land Use Framework Map and Ames Urban Fringe Plan Land Use Classes Map to reflect the proposed Planned Industrial, Agriculture/Long-Term Industrial Reserve, Extension of Natural Areas, and Urban Fringe Boundary are hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 22"d day of March, 2016. _cAa 1_�. A. Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Gartin Seconded by: Orazem Voting aye: Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin,Nelson, Orazem Voting nay: Beatty-Hansen Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 22°d day of March, 2016.