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Council tables Burkhart-Lynch rezoning after extended discussion on use limitations and buffers
Summary
Council delayed a rezoning request to change agricultural land near Burkhart and Lynch Roads to M-1 light industrial after staff, the applicant and multiple council members negotiated use-and-development commitments; the item was tabled to allow council and staff to refine prohibited uses, signage and buffering language.
The Evansville Common Council on Jan. 27 tabled an ordinance that would rezone land west of I-69 at Burkhart and Lynch Roads from C-2 (commercial) to M-1 for a proposed multi-use facility, after extended discussion about permitted uses, buffers and development commitments.
Area Plan Commission staff and the applicant acknowledged the requested uses were not fully specified; the UDC (use-and-development commitments) filed with the rezoning restricted a long list of uses and added requirements intended to limit impacts…
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