Department of Community Development
Reference: Marrone Trucking Facility Zone Change
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Marv Falconburg, AICP, Acting City Manager
Holly Prather, AICP, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Mike Tylka, AICP, Senior Planner
Date Prepared: January 6, 2020
PURPOSE
The zone change application before the Commission is for approximately 20 acres, comprised of one unplatted and yet to be annexed parcel, located east of Fulton Avenue approximately one-quarter mile south of its intersection with Bromley Lane ("Property"). Currently, the Property has a zoning designation of Adams County I-1 (Industrial-1). EnviroFinance Group is the applicant working on behalf of the Property owners Kenneth M. Marrone and Marrone EAT, LLC. The Applicant has submitted an annexation petition to the City that is being run through the City's processes concurrently to the Zone Change. The Property owners desire to develop the Property with access to City utilities and therefore must annex. Land annexed to the City must have a City zoning designation, and as such, the Applicant is requesting a zone change to Light Industrial (I-1).
Zoning is necessary as it guides a property's uses allowed by right or conditionally, and this, in turn, allows owners, neighbors, and the community at large to have a reasonable expectation of what can occur on the subject property. It establishes standards for construction including building height, lot coverage, and building setbacks. There are a variety of zone districts within the City including residential, commercial, industrial, mixed-use, and planned unit development (PUD).
City Council is tasked with the final decision on requests to zone and rezone properties within city limits. The Land Use and Development Code outlines review criteria upon which the decision should be made. An ordinance to rezone must be approved by City Council via two read...
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