An Ordinance to Amend the District Zoning Map of the City of Gillette, Wyoming for Property Located in the W1/2SW1/4, Section 12, Township 49 North, Range 72 West of the 6th P.M.; to the City of Gillette, Wyoming, Subject to all Planning Requirements.

The owner is seeking approval of a zoning change request from A, Agricultural District to I-1, Light Industrial District to match the existing I-1, Light Industrial District located to the north.  This property is located south of the extension of Gallery View Drive and the rezone request is in conjunction with the Barton Property Subdivision request.  The property is currently zoned A, Agricultural District with R-1, Single Family Residential District to the east, I-1, Light Industrial to the north, I-2, Heavy Industrial to the north west, and Campbell County I-1, Light Industrial property to the west.

The minimum District size for I-1, Light Industrial is 5 Acres.  This request, if approved, combined with the properties to the north and west will create a Light Industrial District which will be 19.69 Acres is size.

Any future development of this property will require review of the City of Gillette Planning Division.  Due to the proximity of the property to neighboring R-1, Single Family Residential homes, a landscape buffer of 40’ next to the residential properties will be required.  Further, as per the Landscape and Screening Standards, “A screen of at least six feet in height, including walls, fences, berming, or landscaping shall be provided that prevents direct visibility of the conditions…” (Section 14 (i)(1) and (2) and Table 14.3) These landscape standards will be applied at the time of future development.

This property was outside the City of Gillette Corporate limits when the most recent City-County Joint Future Land Use Plan was adopted on November 19, 2013.  The 2013 Future Land Use plan indicates this area along the extension of Gallery View Drive to be Industrial zoned properties.      

Pursuant to Section 12 of the City of Gillette’s Zoning Ordinance, a Zoning Map Amendment shall not be approved except to:

1. Correct an obvious error, or

2. Recognize changing conditions in the City

The proposal to rezone 1.95 acres of Land from A, Agricultural District to I-1, Light Industrial District recognizes the changing conditions in the City.

I move to Approve an Ordinance to Amend the District Zoning Map of the City of Gillette, Wyoming for Property Located in the W1/2SW1/4, Section 12, Township 49 North, Range 72 West of the 6^th P.M.; to the City of Gillette, Wyoming, Subject to all Planning Requirements.

Ry Muzzarelli, P.E., Development Services Director