At the May 17, 2011 lake view Iowa planning and zoning commission meeting, the commission started preliminary talks allow how to tackle properly zoning the existing industrial areas.
The crux of the struggle was in the attempt to define whether are not they wanted to look at individual properties or to address the problem through the zoning code.
According city administrator Scott Peterson right now the code is intentionally vague. As Peterson pointed out, if the code wasn’t vague, then it would be a list wherein every prohibition would have to be spelled out. In fact the code indicates that in order to be zoned industrial the business in question must be industrial in nature.
The commission engaged in a light debate touching briefly on whether or not the businesses in the industrial zone that is adjacent to downtown is industrial for light industrial in nature. They also landed briefly on the subject of whether not they even want in industrial zone in the middle of the downtown area.
They did not take any action nor is there any action pending or expected. This was merely an exploratory discussion.
The commission also considered the R3 areas on the outskirts of town. Typically those kinds of areas are designated AG.
The commission directed Peterson to return at a future meeting with more information.
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