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for development of hght manufacturing, office and hmited commercial land <br />uses. <br /> <br />Curing the latter part of 1993, the Business Park Task Force participated in <br />drafting a business park zoning ordinance, which was presented to the <br />Planning Commission and City Council for consideration. Subsequently, on <br />January 19, 1994, the City Council adopted a Business Park Zoning <br />Ordinance which sets forth the allowable uses and development standards for <br />a business park. This ordinance was a follow-up to the Focus Area Study <br />which recommended the City create a business park ordinance to be <br />implemented in those areas intended for business park. <br /> <br />On March 28th, 1995, the Planning Commission tabled a rezoning and land <br />use plan amendment to change the designations on those maps to implement <br />the Business Park zone. The Planning Commission made this <br />recommendation to allow the Steering Committee an opportunity to review <br />the apphcations as part of the Comprehensive Plan update. <br /> <br />Finally, on December 18, 1995, the City Council adopted the revised <br />Comprehensive Land Use Plan. This revised plan included a land use change <br />for the County Fairgrounds property to a LI (Light Industrial) and OS (Open <br />Space) designation. <br /> <br />Analysis <br /> <br />The property is being used for the County Fair during the summer months <br />and remains primarily vacant during the remainder of the year. The eastern <br />half of the property is used for parking during softball and other recreational <br />events. <br /> <br />The rezoning of the property to Business Park (BP) will not discourage or <br />prevent the property from being used for the purpose of a county fair or <br />parking by those playing softball or other recreational events. According to <br />State Statutes, Section 38.16, page 988, "when lands are owned by a county <br />and used for agricultural fair purposes, the lands and buildings are exempt <br />from the zoning, building, and other ordinances of the municipality." <br /> <br />At the current time, there are no plans for future development of this site and <br />the rezoning of this site will be consistent with the property west of Joplin. <br /> <br />In order for a rezoning of a parcel of property to be approved, two items must <br />be discovered: <br /> <br />s:\planning\pc\zc95-2.doc <br /> <br /> <br />