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Amendment to the Future Land Use Map - 22nd Ave & 26th St.
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Summary:
The Brookings School District and Brookings Area Transit Authority (BATA) are requesting an amendment to the 2020 Comprehensive Plan's Future Land Use Map for a parcel of land acquired by the school district for a possible shared bus storage and maintenance facility.
Background:
The Brookings School District acquired a parcel of land located near 22nd Ave S and 26th St S in 2019 for future facility needs. The school district has since been working with BATA on a possible plan for a new shared bus storage and maintenance facility at this location. Offices would also be included to support the facility's operations. Additionally, the facility could serve as a new bus terminal for regional bus services. In order to proceed, a rezone will be required to a business or industrial zoning district.
The lot is currently zoned Agriculture (A) District and located in a Medium Density Residential (MDR) land use area according to the future land use map. This future land use classification would allow rezoning from A to residential zoning districts only. Therefore, the applicant is requesting an amendment to the future land use map in order to allow for a suitable rezoning of the parcel.
This project would replace current bus facilities for BATA and the School District, which are separately located in areas classified as Civic (C) land use. An amendment to the future land use map to Civic for the new facility would allow for the proposed use, however, according to the comprehensive plan, maintenance, operating facilities and public works yards should generally be located in industrial areas. An amendment to a Civic land use classification would allow a rezone to any district.
Another option would be to amend the future land use classification to Urban Medium Intensity (UMI), which would allow a rezone to business zoning districts but not industrial. One potential zoning district, B-2, would...
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