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Muncie council rejects rezoning request for Williamsburg Boulevard after sustained neighborhood opposition
Summary
The council voted 9-0 to reject Ordinance 4-25, a proposal to rezone a parcel on West Williamsburg Boulevard to Variety Business. Residents and neighborhood leaders cited traffic, light pollution, property-value and safety concerns.
The Muncie Common Council on Feb. 3 rejected, by a 9-0 vote, Ordinance 4-25, a proposed rezoning that would have changed a parcel on West Williamsburg Boulevard from residential to Variety Business (BV).
Residents from multiple neighborhood associations urged the council to deny the request, saying a hotel and gas station — uses listed in the applicant’s submission — would harm the quiet, primarily single-story neighborhoods bordering the site.
Why it matters: Council members and neighbors said the rezoning would permit a broad set of commercial uses that are not compatible with the immediate residential area and would likely increase traffic, noise and light at property lines.
Multiple neighbors delivered prepared testimony. Jim Lowe, who said his property is adjacent…
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