July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Parking lot plans forwarded to council (08/03/07)
Portland Planning Commission
By By RACHELLE HAUGHN-
A local business owner's plan to expand shifted into drive Thursday.
The owner of Educare Child Care, 927 E. Votaw St., Portland, asked a city board for land he owns to be rezoned so he can build a parking lot.
Members of the Portland Planning Commission moved Brian Hurt's request to the Portland City Council for approval. In order for the parking lot to be created, the land must be rezoned to neighborhood business from R-8 (medium density residential district). The council is expected to vote on the matter on Monday.
Hurt said he currently has about three parking spaces. This is not adequate parking for his staff and the parents of the 24 children who attend the daycare. He wants to create a parking lot in a grassy area located at the southwest corner of Votaw and Pierce streets.
The daycare owner plans to renovate a house connected to the facility, so he can expand his year-old business. He and his wife Danielle would like to have children from birth to age 3 in the renovated house, and keep those ages 3 to 6 in the existing facility.
Hurt said he has been working to alleviate drainage problems in the area by having a culvert installed. He said the parking lot will be designed so that surface water would run into the culvert.
"I live right there," commission member Eldon Miller said before voting. "I can't see that he's doing anything wrong."
Hurt said he plans to raze a shed that currently sits on the lot.
No one in the audience spoke against the request.
Also Thursday, commission members recommended the city council approve a future land use map, which would amend the city's comprehensive plan.
Before the commission voted, a public hearing was held. At that time, only Hurt, city attorney Bill Hinkle, and Bill Milligan, Jay/Portland Building and Planning administrator, were in the audience. None of them commented on the map or plan.
Commission member Bob Loucks reminded the group that the plan is not permanent, inflexible, a law, a zoning map, or the basis for property tax assessment.
The future land use map includes changes suggested by commission members at their May 3 meeting. It was created to help guide commission members as they make future decisions about the growth and development of Portland and the 2-mile zone located just outside of the city limits.
The map projects that land northeast of the city will be used for industrial, and for the areas including and adjacent to Xplex Extreme Competition Park to change from agricultural to industrial.
The changes suggested by the commission include labeling an area located north of county road 300 South, between U.S. 27 and county road 200 West, as residential. Other changes include changing land where Meshberger Brothers Stone Corp. is located to appear as industrial, and for land directly north of it to be residential. The future land use map last was updated in 2003.
This matter also is expected to go before the council on Monday.[[In-content Ad]]
The owner of Educare Child Care, 927 E. Votaw St., Portland, asked a city board for land he owns to be rezoned so he can build a parking lot.
Members of the Portland Planning Commission moved Brian Hurt's request to the Portland City Council for approval. In order for the parking lot to be created, the land must be rezoned to neighborhood business from R-8 (medium density residential district). The council is expected to vote on the matter on Monday.
Hurt said he currently has about three parking spaces. This is not adequate parking for his staff and the parents of the 24 children who attend the daycare. He wants to create a parking lot in a grassy area located at the southwest corner of Votaw and Pierce streets.
The daycare owner plans to renovate a house connected to the facility, so he can expand his year-old business. He and his wife Danielle would like to have children from birth to age 3 in the renovated house, and keep those ages 3 to 6 in the existing facility.
Hurt said he has been working to alleviate drainage problems in the area by having a culvert installed. He said the parking lot will be designed so that surface water would run into the culvert.
"I live right there," commission member Eldon Miller said before voting. "I can't see that he's doing anything wrong."
Hurt said he plans to raze a shed that currently sits on the lot.
No one in the audience spoke against the request.
Also Thursday, commission members recommended the city council approve a future land use map, which would amend the city's comprehensive plan.
Before the commission voted, a public hearing was held. At that time, only Hurt, city attorney Bill Hinkle, and Bill Milligan, Jay/Portland Building and Planning administrator, were in the audience. None of them commented on the map or plan.
Commission member Bob Loucks reminded the group that the plan is not permanent, inflexible, a law, a zoning map, or the basis for property tax assessment.
The future land use map includes changes suggested by commission members at their May 3 meeting. It was created to help guide commission members as they make future decisions about the growth and development of Portland and the 2-mile zone located just outside of the city limits.
The map projects that land northeast of the city will be used for industrial, and for the areas including and adjacent to Xplex Extreme Competition Park to change from agricultural to industrial.
The changes suggested by the commission include labeling an area located north of county road 300 South, between U.S. 27 and county road 200 West, as residential. Other changes include changing land where Meshberger Brothers Stone Corp. is located to appear as industrial, and for land directly north of it to be residential. The future land use map last was updated in 2003.
This matter also is expected to go before the council on Monday.[[In-content Ad]]
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