Council Action Requested:
Application by Brian Cillian/Greybridge MacMillan LLC and LEH SC MacMillan LLC to rezone 7.286 acres at 1662 MacMillan Park Drive (TM# 0007-00-008.05) from Light Industrial (LI ) to Institutional (INS) District in order to convert existing structure to a K-12 private school facility.
Points to Consider:
The proposed private school is located within an existing industrial park. With its neighbors being Continental Tire and Unique Loom Facility
This site is one of the few contiguous tracts of Light Industrial Zoned land within the Panhandle.
Previous tenant has a Fee-in-lieu Agreement with Lancaster County, this will not be transferred to the current tenant.
The applicant is claiming the site will not cross the 50-trip threshold for a Traffic Impact Analysis. Has provided a memo.
Funding and Liability Factors:
Liability 1: the Comprehensive Plan does not support the request. If the Council elects to move forward with with the rezoning, a companion action to amend the Comprehensive Plan is required.
Liability 2: the property is one of the last sections of Light Industrial (LI) zoned areas in Indian Land. Staff and the Planning Commission are concerned about losing established LI zoned property in an established industrial park.
Funding 1: the previous tenant has a fee-in-lieu agreement with Lancaster County, and this will not be transferred to the current owner.
Recommendation:
Planning Commission recommended unanimous denial during their September Regular Meeting. Concerns that were discussed included traffic generation, having a private school surrounded by industrial uses, the lack of existing Light Industrial zoned land in the Panhandle and how difficult it would be to rezone other land to Light Industrial take its place within the Panhandle.
Staff recommends denial as well.