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City staff proposes rezoning 4-acre Glen Cove Road parcel to allow higher-density housing; formal public hearing to be scheduled
Summary
Staff presented a proposal to consider rezoning a four-acre parcel on Glen Cove Road to a higher-density zone to enable an apartment-style project in partnership with Polk County Community Development Coalition (Polk CDC). Staff indicated the proposal will be processed through the city’s normal rezoning and public hearing steps.
City planning staff on Jan. 23 asked the Independence Planning Commission whether the commission would be comfortable directing staff to consider rezoning roughly four acres on Glen Cove Road to a higher-density designation to support a proposed Polk County Community Development Coalition (Polk CDC) housing project.
"This would change the zoning along Glen Cove Road for the 4 acres associated with that, and I'm pointing to it," staff member Fred said, describing a parcel currently owned by a local landowner and located adjacent to the Legacy Oaks apartments. Fred said the state awarded the city money to assist infrastructure for a…
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