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Public Hearing and Action on Ordinance 18-015, an Ordinance rezoning Lots 8 & 9, Block 11, Bane & Poole Addition from Residence R-1B Single-Family to Business B-2A District.
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Summary:
The applicant is seeking approval of a rezoning request to rezone two (2) lots from R-1B to B-2A District.
Background:
The property is located at the northwest corner of 3rd Street and 22nd Avenue and is across the street from Brookings Health System. One of the lots currently contains a single-family home and the other lot is vacant. The general area contains a mix of uses including offices, hospital, medical clinics, churches, and residential homes. The property has frontage on 3rd Street, which is a collector, and 22nd Avenue, which is classified as an arterial street. In the future, staff expects some of the surrounding residential property to transition to small scale businesses and clinics that complement and provide services to the neighborhood. The general area has become the medical hub for Brookings residents.
The B-2A District is intended to provide a mix of office uses and often serves as a transitional zone between residential and commercial uses. There is B-2A zoned land immediately to the north and across the street to the northeast. The district requires a 25-foot landscape buffer when abutting residentially zoned property and is designed to be compatible with nearby residential development.
The Brookings Comprehensive Plan 2040 shows this area as medium density residential; however, the plan notes that mixed use development may be included within the medium density residential land use category. Generally, the plan supports horizontal mixed use with lower intensity commercial uses along arterial corridors. (Brookings Comprehensive Plan 2040 pg. 82, 95)
Findings of Fact:
1. The comprehensive plan shows this area as Medium Density Residential. The Medium Density Residential category allows for some mixed use development along arterial stre...
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