Additionally, the Applicant leases property across Azurite Street to the east for trash container maintenance that requires additional outdoor storage than what is currently allowed by the I-1 zoning.  

Therefore, the City has received an application from the Applicant for a Right-of-Way Vacation, Final Plat, and a Zoning Map Amendment from I-1, Light Industrial, to I-2, General Industrial, on the properties currently addressed as 14021 and 14050 Basalt Street NW. The Applicant is also requesting a Zoning Map Amendment from I-1 to I-2 on the property at 14021 Azurite Street NW.  The Right-of-Way Vacation is a public hearing at the Council level.  The rezoning public hearing was held at the Planning Commission.  The other aspects of the application are folded into this Council case for simplicity.  

The first component of this request is to vacate a portion of Basalt Street NW. This street was reconstructed from a gravel rural street to a paved urban street in 2024. In the time since the street was reconstructed, ACE acquired the property at 14021 Basalt Street NW. ACE already owns and occupies the properties to the west (14050 Basalt Street NW) and south (6601 McKinley Street NW). To accommodate the proposed expansion of their parking lot for their larger fleet, the Applicant is requesting a vacation of the right-of-way of Basalt Street that separates 14021 from 14050. The Applicant has committed to reconstructing the cul-de-sac farther north along Basalt Street to maintain a fire truck turnaround and preserve an existing driveway to 6588 141st Avenue NW (occupied by another business not affiliated with ACE). This street reconstruction will also be accompanied by a new driveway accessing ACE's expanded parking lot. 

Several municipal and private utilities are located within the right-of-way area to be vacated. To accommodate these utilities throughout and after construction, the Applicant is proposing to dedicate a new drainage and utility easement over the entirety of the vacated right-of-way. Additionally, the Applicant is working with private utility companies to maintain access and, if necessary, coordinate relocation during construction.  Any costs associated with relocation or alteration of these utilities will be at the expense of the Applicant.  

The vacated right-of-way is proposed to be replatted with the two adjacent parcels to create one new parcel. It should be noted that these parcels are not planned to be platted with the larger ACE parcel at 6601 McKinley Street NW, due to an Torrens/Abstract split (two separate classifications of property with the county).

The main portion of the Applicant's properties is zoned I-2, General Industrial District.  The properties located at 14021 Azurite Street NW, and 14021 and 14050 Basalt Street NW are currently zoned I-1, Light Industrial District, and have all historically been used for industrial purposes. The applicant's request is to rezone all of these parcels from I-1 to I-2.

The Zoning Map Amendment for 14021 Azurite Street NW is to allow for more flexibility for outdoor storage locations on the property that is used for waste container maintenance.

The Zoning Map Amendment for 14021 and 14050 Basalt Street NW is to align these parcels with the zoning of ACE's main property at 6601 McKinley Street NW. 14050 Basalt Street NW has been owned and occupied by ACE for several years and was inadvertently left out of being rezoned from E-2 to I-2 with the new citywide zoning map that was adopted in 2023. 14021 Basalt Street NW was recently purchased by ACE to accommodate an expansion of their fleet parking lot with compressed natural gas (CNG) dispensers for some of their newer garbage and recycling trucks.

Three separate motions are required: