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Rezoning near airport fails after Auburn University expresses FAA‑compatibility concerns
Summary
The Planning Commission considered a request to rezone about 11.29 acres to a Comprehensive Development District (CDD) to allow limited residential units above commercial space; Auburn University opposed residential uses near the airfield citing Federal Aviation Administration guidance, and commissioners rejected the rezoning.
The Planning Commission voted against a request to rezone about 11.29 acres near Big Creek and the airport to Comprehensive Development District (CDD), after Auburn University and the airport raised concerns about residential uses near the airfield.
City staff described the request as an applicant attempt to allow a small residential component—two or three apartment units above commercial or warehouse space—where the existing industrial zoning would not permit residential. Staff said the CDD district is already present along nearby corridors and that the request was driven in part by limitations in the city's zoning ordinance that make a…
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