Colfax City Council members will consider rezoning much of the city’s downtown core Tuesday night to expand business zones into previously designated commercial and manufacturing areas as part of a longterm “clean-up” effort.
Councilman Jim Kackman, acting as mayor pro tempore at the Feb. 4 meeting, said the rezoning would make permitted uses along Main, Sumner and Clay streets more consistent. Previous consolidations of multiple zones had left some operations out of the existing designations.
“This is largely a clean-up measure,” Kackman said, adding, “There were businesses operating in zones that were non-conforming and it just didn’t make sense.”
The proposed changes would convert about two dozen parcels from commercial zones to business zones, plus at least one parcel from manufacturing to a business zone. See the city’s map of proposed changes here or check out our gif below:
The council will consider an ordinance reclassifying those parcels to accommodate business uses ranging from bowling alleys to veterinarian hospitals along Main Street.
You can read the larger zoning code here.
Interim City Administrator Chris Mathis said the city’s Planning Commission had been reviewing the changes for more than a year.
“We’re just looking at the zoning and trying to make it more user-friendly,” she said.
The council is also scheduled to consider an interlocal agreement adopting the Whitman County Solid Waste Management Plan. The council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall. Read the entire agenda here.