12-05-2022 Council Work Session Packet

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Chapter 5: Land Use and final master plan | 18 CHAPTER 5: LAND USE AND FINAL MASTER PLAN The land in the project area currently is designated for commercial, industrial and office/residential uses. A further description of the zoning designations and land uses designations are provided below: Current Zoning The current zoning designations for the project area are General Business (southern parcels) and Rural Business Reserve (the remainder of the site). GB - GENERAL BUSINESS R BR - RURAL/BUSINESS RESERVE LEGEND STUDY AREA PARCELS 35E 14CENTERVILE HUGOMAIN STMAIN ST 24TH AVE24TH AVEAccording to the zoning ordinance, General Business allows for a wide variety of business uses including retail, service, and semi-industrial uses. The uses may contain businesses which tend to serve other business and industry as well as those catering to shoppers’ needs. The zoning ordinance indicates the Rural Business Reserve district is intended to preserve a rural, very low density environment until such time as the land is needed for commercial and industrial uses. Residents of this district can expect to fully use the land for farming, grazing, animal husbandry, propagation of nursery stock, gardening, and other traditional rural uses. In addition, the district is meant to prevent incursion of those land uses that would adversely affect or diminish the rural character of the land. In particular, subdivisions of land for residential purposes as well as commercial and industrial uses without access to suitable infrastructure is not to be permitted. It should be noted that the City is currently in the process of amending the zoning ordinance at the time of this master plan creation and the Rural Business Reserve district will eventually be eliminated. The new zoning designation for these properties will be R, Rural, until such time as they are developed. The new Rural district generally has the same uses as the Rural Business Reserve district.