7A - School Bus Shelter in Business/Industrial Park

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Section 3.2 Definitions 6o. Commercial Use. The principle use of land or buildings for the sale,lease,rental, trade of products,goods or services. 127. Industrial Use. The use of land or buildings for the production,manufacture, warehousing,storage or transfer of goods,products,commodities or other wholesale items. A bus storage and maintenance facility that is publicly-owned is not a commercial operation. It also does not include any goods,products, commodities or other wholesale items and thus is not an industrial use. The process to change the ordinance to allow a publicly-owned bus storage and maintenance facility is outlined in Section 13.4 of the code. 1. Procedure. A. An amendment may be initiated by the Council,the Planning Commission or by a petition of affected property owner. B. The Zoning Administrator shall review the proposed changes and make a recommendation to the Planning Commission. D. The City Council shall review the recommendations and shall make a timely �. decision. The City Council may amend the Land Use and Subdivision Chapter by a majority vote of all its members. The adoption of an amendment of any portion of the zoning chapter which changes all or part of the existing classification of a zoning district from residential to other commercial or industrial requires a two thirds majority vote of all members of the governing body. E. The City Clerk shall publish a summary of the text of the change or description of boundary change or a new Zoning map,whichever is appropriate,in the official newspaper within 3o days after action by the Council. As I communicated with Mr. Linnell and with the property owner, the concern that will arise in this from the City's standpoint is over long-term tax revenues and fiscal imbalances over infrastructure maintenance. The City's business park was constructed with two primary objectives. They are: 1. To provide additional tax base for the City, thus lowering the overall rate of taxation. 2. Adding local jobs, particularly well-paying jobs. With the school being exempt from local property tax,the City would stand to lose $160,000 over the next two decades from this property going off the tax rolls, assuming tax rates stay stable with a low rate of inflation.