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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA015 - Resolution No. 12-374 adopted July 10, 2012 s RESOLUTION NO. 12-374 RESOLUTION APPROVING REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS IN GENE HARRIS SUBDIVISION, 2ND ADDITION, FOR THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA WHEREAS, a letter from The Rassmussen Group was submitted to the City Council requesting a waiver of infrastructure requirements and subdivision regulations; and, WHEREAS,the Group is proposing to subdivide an industrial property in Boone County at the intersection of Lincoln Way and X Avenue,and the proposal is to create three lots,two of which are buildable, and one of which is likely to be incorporated into an existing lot; and, WHEREAS, the City of Ames has completed an Urban Fringe Plan that includes this corridor,although it is not yet reached an agreement with Boone County on its implementation;and, WHEREAS,the Plan anticipates that Highway-Oriented Commercial land uses will develop outside of the city,preferably in clusters,and that public improvements may be required,depending on the location, anticipated traffic intensity, and type of use and other factors; and, WHEREAS, the development that has occurred in this area is mostly industrial, consistent with the Boone County zoning map, and Boone County has already approved Limited Industrial Zoning for the subject property; and, WHEREAS,the applicant is proceeding with the platting process in Boone County,and both the applicant and Boone County seek decisions on platting from the City of Ames before completing the process in Boone County; and, WHEREAS, if the City takes no action or declines to waive its infrastructure requirement, the property owner must provide streets, sanitary sewer, and water systems meeting City standards, some of which cannot be put into service at this time because the City has not extended its infrastructure to the site; and, WHEREAS, the City Council can waive design and improvement standards of the Subdivision Regulations proposed by the applicant,which would allow The Rassmussen Group to prepare a minor subdivision plat for later approval by the Ames City Council prior to recording the plat and selling lots; and, WHEREAS,this alternative would also be accompanied by a six-month time limit,bywhich time the application for the subdivision plat must be submitted to the City. NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that waiver of design and improvement standards of the Subdivision Regulations proposed by the applicant,which would allow The Rassmussen Group to prepare a minor subdivision plat for later approval by the Ames City Council prior to recording the plat and selling lots is hereby approved, and the applicant is to perform this action within a six-month time limit, by which time the application for the subdivision plat must be submitted to the City. r- ADOPTED THIS 10`h day of July, 2012. A Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Davis Seconded by: Larson Voting aye: Davis, Goodman, Larson, Orazem, Szopinski Voting nay: None Absent: Wacha Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 101h day of July, 2012.