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Memo to Planning Commission Page 2 April 23, 1996 • Continue with the proposed rezoning to I1 but adjust the boundary so that it • does not include the structures associated with the Cargill Nutrition Center; • Maintain the existing Rla zoning; • Continue with the rezoning to I1 as proposed and amend the zoning ordinance so that feedlots are a conditional use in the I1 zoning district. Analysis Continue with Rezoning as Proposed The City initiated this rezoning request so that the zoning of the property would be consistent with recent changes to the land use map and expansion of the urban service area. The proposed rezoning would reflect the light industrial land use designation and the fact that the property is now included in the urban service area. The rezoning would also be consistent with Comprehensive Plan, Section V. Industrial plan. The goals and policies of this section include providing and encouraging industrial development opportunities in areas of the City that are within the urban service area and considering industrial development opportunities in the southeast sector of the City. However, proceeding with this rezoning as proposed will make the Cargill Nutrition Center a non-conforming use. Cargill was recently granted a • conditional use permit to operate a feedlot on this property and feedlots are not an allowed use in the I1 district. The conditional use permit included the area under consideration for rezoning along with other Cargill property to the east. Adjust the Boundary of the Proposed Rezoning Under this alternative the area would be rezoned to light industrial; thereby, maintaining consistency with elements of the Comprehensive Plan and land use map as well as allowing uses appropriate for property located within the urban service area. Instead of having the boundary of the proposed I1 zone follow a quarter section line that runs through the center of the Cargill facility, the east boundary of the proposed light industrial zone would be adjusted so that it is about 1000 feet east of the adjacent parcel to the west. (see attached map) This adjustment would maintain the existing R1a zone over most of the Cargill Nutrition Center facility, including all of the structures, and the facility would not become a non-conforming use. However, the conditional use permit issued for the feedlot includes the entire 60 acres currently under consideration for rezoning. Even if the zone boundary is adjusted so that the buildings are not included as part of the rezoning request, part of the Cargill property will be made non-conforming under this alternative. • Cargill has indicated that they do not view their facility as two separate s:\planning\scott\zc96-10b.doc