The Vermillion City Council met on September 21, 2026, at 5:30 PM to discuss a rezoning request, second readings of ordinances, a storm drainage fee increase, an airport funding agreement, appointments, and property transfers. All agenda items were approved, with two ordinances requiring roll-call votes.
All right, turning to the minutes. Has everybody had a chance to read the minutes? Are they uh correct? Any corrections or revisions to the minutes of the uh the two meetings we had last or two weeks ago. Second. Having been moved and seconded, all in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Moving on to the adoption of the agenda. Are there any revisions, additions or corrections made to the agenda. No, having hearing none, do we have a motion to adopt the agenda as written? Is there a second to that? All in favor indicate saying aye. Aye. Opposed nay. The agenda's passed. Do we have any visitors to be heard on any items not on the agenda. Okay. Uh so the owner of the property, Cyote Den LC has requested to rezone their property from R1 residential district to the R3 residential district. The land being considered for rezoning is approximately 3.8 uh acres in size. Uh the land to be considered is bounded by the red uh border in this drawing. Here you have North University, Row Street ending right there, and after that it's uh USC's property into the parking lot. Uh you have the wellness center to the east of uh university and the coyote sports center in Dakota Dome on the west side of that uh property, and to the south, as you can see, coyote village. Um is not required to adhere to the city zoning ordinance uh due to the fact that they are a state uh property uh and a solution does not fall within any of the city zoning district. That's why in this uh exhibit uh you see everything that's surrounding this property as hatched. Uh that's what we utilized as uh marking or denoting that it's not within a zoning district. Uh 1977, attorney general's opinion stated that the state and thus USD is not required to follow a city zoning ordinance. Uh, the requirement for the owner to gather signatures from property owners uh within 250 feet of the area being rezoned as a city zoning uh ordinance requirement and not something required by state statute. Uh, due to this fact the owner was not required to collect signatures from USD, uh, excluding USD's property. There are a total of approximately 165,000 square feet of area within 250 feet of the rezone. The owner owns 148 or almost 148, 49,000 square feet or 90% of the area. Um this parcel here is actually not owned by USD. So that would have been that 10%. Um excuse me. Uh the item was considered by the uh planning and zoning commission at their September 14th meeting. At that meeting, no one uh from the public spoke on the subject. The commission had a single question to clarify if the owner would be required to meet off-street parking requirements, uh, which they are. Uh, after a brief discussion, the commission recommended unanimously A to zero for the city council to approve the rezone as proposed by the applicant and staff. Uh, although the plan, a plan has not been submitted to the city, the owner is planning on building residential uses within the property. The specific use uh or uses are not required to be known for the rezone. In conversations, the owner, as I mentioned, has uh talked about apartments uh with amenities, for example, weight room, uh recreation rooms, etc. Residential uses in this of this density are not allowed, and their R1 zoning district uh hence the need to request a rezone uh to the R3 residential district. Although USD does not have to comply with the city zoning ordinance, staff does consider the uses in the area and how they would affect possible residential development in this instance. Uh we do have to the south uh already residential development, essentially in R3 residential district right there with apartments to the east. We have the wellness center, although that might not be residential, it's definitely an amenity that would be used by the residents. And to the west, you also have the dome and the sports center, which again those would be amenities that would be used by the uh possible residents of this area. Excuse me. Uh with all this being said, administration on the planning and zoning commission recommend that the city council advance ordinance 1576 a second reading on October 5th. Uh, we do have uh the owner precedent if there's any questions that I cannot answer. Thank you very much, Jose. Are there any members of the public who wish we heard on this matter? Okay.