Planning Commission Packet 12-12-2019

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                                                       CITY OF MUSKEGON
                                                     PLANNING COMMISSION
                                                       REGULAR MEETING

DATE OF MEETING:                       Thursday, December 12, 2019
TIME OF MEETING:                       4:00 p.m.
PLACE OF MEETING:                      Commission Chambers, First Floor, Muskegon City Hall



                                                                    AGENDA



   I. Roll Call

  II. Approval of Minutes from the regular meeting of November 14, 2019.

 III. Public Hearings

 IV. New Business

  A. Hearing, Case 2019-27: Request to rezone the property at 190 Wood St from RM-1, Low Density
     Multi-Family Residential to B-4, General Business District, by SYP Leasing, LLC.

  V. Old Business

 VI. Other

           a. Review of Chapter 5 of “Suburban Nation”

 VII. Adjourn




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                                             STAFF REPORT
                                            December 12, 2019


Hearing, Case 2019-27: Request to rezone a portion of the property at 190 Wood St from RM-1, Low
Density Multi-Family Residential to B-4, General Business District, by SYP Leasing, LLC.


SUMMARY
   1. The property is accessible from Bayou St, which is located off the Moses Jones Parkway.
   2. The parcel measures 12.5 acres and is zoned RM-1, Low Density Multi-Family Residential.
   3. The property has been mostly vacant in the recent past, only being used for indoor storage with the
      existing buildings on site. However, one of the buildings is on the dangerous buildings list and the
      potential buyer would plan to demo it. He would only keep the steel frame building.
   4. The potential buyer is proposing to use the remaining building for indoor storage and would also like
      to store a fleet of business vehicles outside. The outdoor storage of fleet vehicles in conjunction with
      a business is considered a change of use, so the rezoning is required.
   5. The applicant is only requesting to rezone a portion of the property to B-4. Please see the map on the
      following pages that depicts the portion to be rezoned.
   6. A portion of the property is located in the flood zone, please see the Flood Map on the following
      pages.
   7. Please see the zoning ordinance excerpt on B-4 Zones.


                                                 190 Wood St




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Zoning Map




Aerial View




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     Flood Map




Portion to be Rezoned




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STAFF RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends approval of the rezoning. The property is not very conducive to residential development.
The developable footprint is severely reduced by the flood zone to the north and the steep hill to the south

DELIBERATION

Motion for consideration:

I move that the request to rezone a portion of the property at 190 Wood St from RM-1, Low Density Multi-
Family Residential to B-4, General Business District be recommended to the City Commission for
(approval/denial).




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