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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Minor Amendment to the Ames Urban Fringe Plan Framework and Land Use Class Map to change the land located at 2105 and 2421 Dayton Avenue RESOLUTION NO. 21-521 RESOLUTION APPROVING A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE AMES URBAN FRINGE PLAN FRAMEWORK AND LAND USE CLASS MAP TO CHANGE THE LAND LOCATED AT 2105 AND 2421 DAYTON AVENUE FROM AGRICULTURAL & FARM SERVICE TO PLANNED INDUSTRIAL FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA WHEREAS,on May 25,2021,the City Council voted to initiate a Minor Amendment to the Ames Urban Fringe Plan as is necessary to support a proposed annexation application; and, WHEREAS, the area for the proposed change is on the west side of Dayton Avenue and it includes approximately 73.18 acres that the owner intends to annex into the City for small scale industrial development; and, WHEREAS, on July 20, 2021, the Story County Board of Supervisors also approved initiation of the Proposed Amendment; and, WHEREAS, the Ames Urban Fringe Plan is a Shared Land Use Plan for the two-mile area around the City that was cooperatively developed by Story County,the City of Ames, and the City of Gilbert made possible through a 28E Intergovernmental Agreement; and, WHEREAS,the 28E Agreement lays out processes for annexation,subdivision,plan review, and amendments for lands within the Fringe Area; and, WHEREAS, The Ames Urban Fringe Plan has two important layers of policies that are depicted on a Land Use Class Map and a Land Use Framework Map; and, WHEREAS,the Land Use Class map designates property into one of three designations that then defines how Subdivisions are reviewed and what type of land may be annexed into a City;and, WHEREAS,the separate Land Use Framework Map identifies the types of acceptable uses in the Fringe area that match corresponding development policies of the Fringe Plan; and, WHEREAS,the 28E Agreement requires that before any land may be annexed into the City, that the Land Use Class Map for a property must have an "Urban Service Area" designation, regardless of the Framework Map designation; and, WHEREAS, the subject area is on the west side of Dayton Avenue between BASF and the Eagles Loft Daycare directly across from the USDA labs, and the Land Use Framework map designates this as Rural Service &Agricultural Conservation Area; and, WHEREAS, within that category, the area is currently designated as `Agriculture & Farm Service'on the Land Use Class Map,and the proposed change will redesignate the land to the Urban Service Area category on the Land Use Class Map and Planned Industrial on the Land Use Framework Map to all of for annexation to the City; and, WHEREAS, a small portion of Natural Area on the northwest corner of the property will remain as a Natural Area designation,but with a new underlying Urban Service Area category;and, WHEREAS, the change from the Rural Service & Agricultural Conservation Area to the Urban Services category follows the intent of the Draft Ames 2040 Future Land Use Plan, which designates this area for future development categorized as Employment; and, WHEREAS, the land abuts Dayton Avenue,which is currently County controlled right-of- way, and once the area is annexed,the City of Ames will assume full control of the Dayton Avenue right-of-way; and, WHEREAS, 2105 and 2124 Dayton Avenue can be readily served by extensions of City water and sewer from the south; and, WHEREAS,approval of the Amendment is required by both the City Council and the Board of Supervisors per the cooperative 28E Agreement; and, WHEREAS,the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend the approval of the proposed Map Change at 2105 and 2421 Dayton Avenue at its September 15, 2021, meeting. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that ADOPTED THIS 28`h day of September, 2021. Diane R. Voss, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor Introduced by: Betcher Seconded by: Gartin Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Junck, Martin Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 28' day of September, 2021.