Winfield Inn Proprietor Leslie Moore has confirmed the request to change the zoning on the 27-acre lot on which the outdoor wedding venue sits is only designed to bring the venue into compliance as a conforming business operation, a change that is required because the property was recently annexed into the city.
Unless the city has a pre-annexation development agreement, land annexed by the city is, in most cases, zoned for agriculture. Following annexation, the city’s planning staff and the owner of the property arrive at the best zoning category to suit the owner’s use of the land. In the Winfield Inn’s case, that category apparently is retail services.
"The zoning class that we are asking for was recommended by staff since it is the one that closest fits our business as an event venue and inn," Moore said, via email.
A public hearing for the zoning change has been scheduled for March 14 at the Planning Commission and March 21 at the City Council. The zoning request should sail through both bodies without encountering any significant head winds.
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