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Committee approves rezoning of vacant CVS parcel on Madison Avenue despite planning opposition and wide public comment
Summary
The Development, Planning & Sustainability Committee voted to approve Ordinance 791-2024, changing zoning for a vacant CVS parcel on Madison Avenue from local retail with a pedestrian retail overlay to general retail, a move city planning opposed and neighborhood residents strongly contested.
The Development, Planning & Sustainability Committee voted to approve Ordinance 791-2024, a zoning map change that removes the pedestrian retail overlay (PRO) and reclassifies a currently vacant CVS parcel on Madison Avenue from local retail to general retail.
City planning had urged the committee to reject the change. Kelly Merzman, director of city planning, told the committee, “Our recommendation to the committee is to not support the proposed ordinance 7 9 1 dash 20 24.” Shannon Leonard, chief zoning administrator, described the site and the overlay’s purpose and warned that the more permissive general retail zoning would allow “gas stations, car washes, vapor hookah lounges, nightclubs” and other auto-centric uses that the PRO was intended to prohibit.
Neighbors and community members largely urged…
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