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Blanket Rezoning
Planner Dave Fannon objected to granting Kramer a “blanket rezoning”. He acknowledged the historical value of the old mill but noted that there was nothing to prevent Kramer from tearing the building down and replacing it with any business allowed by right in a commercial district.
“That threat is there already,” countered Kramer. “The whole top portion of that property is already zoned commercial.”
In regard to the question of parking space at the mill, Luke noted that there are “places all over this county that have no parking at all”. He maintained that Kramer had ample parking area and could legally use even the flood plain land for parking.
Kramer pointed out that there are a number of areas already zoned commercial that lie in flood plain.
“That’s something we’re stuck with,” replied Miller, noting that the businesses existed at the time the zoning ordinance was adopted and so are permitted as nonconforming uses under the grandfather clause. “We have what we have but we want to do what we do in the future correctly,” he said.
“If the building had been in use as a mill when the zoning ordinance was enacted, would it have been zoned commercial?” asked Konick.
“Yes,” answered Miller.
Pointing to the definitions included in the zoning ordinance, Konick noted that “used for” is synonymous with “designed for” as far as
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