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Oak Creek council denies rezoning request for Pennsylvania Avenue corner after resident opposition
Summary
The Oak Creek Common Council voted to deny a request to rezone two parcels at 7115 and 7123 South Pennsylvania Avenue from B-2/RS-4 to B-4, a change that residents said would enable a future gas station. Planning Commission had recommended denial.
The Oak Creek Common Council on Aug. 19 voted to deny an ordinance that would have rezoned two parcels at 7115 and 7123 South Pennsylvania Avenue from B-2 community business and RS-4 single-family residential to B-4 general business. The Planning Commission had recommended denial at its July 8 meeting, citing the parcels’ proximity to homes and the intensity of uses allowed in B-4 zoning.
The rezoning application covered two adjoining parcels at the Hard Corner of Rawson and Pennsylvania avenues; the applicant was listed as Safe Maine Maine Real Estate and the property owner as Mines Real Estate LLC. Community Development Director Christie Lane told the council the parcels combined are about 1.1 acres and that, if rezoned…
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