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Planning commission recommends changes to Mill Village plan; adds 1.37 acres and endorses mixed‑use master plan
Summary
City staff and the applicant presented a revised Mill Village master development plan with mixed-use buildings, reduced residential density in sensitive areas and new streetscape and utility requirements; the commission recommended approval to City Council and a future-land-use amendment for an additional 1.37 acres.
The Opelika Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council approve revisions to the Mill Village master development plan and to rezone and amend the plan to add approximately 1.37 acres into the development area.
Staff described the updated plan as a modification of an existing planned-unit development that reduces some residential concentrations near industrial legacy areas, shifts some units into mixed-use buildings with retail on the ground floor and residential above, retains larger single-family lots along existing Mill Village street edges and adds streetscape, landscaping and signage standards.
Why it matters: The Mill Village area is a 40-acre redevelopment of a former mill site; changes to the master plan will shape housing types, access and the character of a portion of the city’s…
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