Planning Commission postpones Howard Murphy Drive preliminary plat after petitioner absent
Summary
The Planning Commission postponed consideration of a preliminary plat for Howard Murphy Drive because the applicant was not present and the commission lacked a six-member supermajority. The item was rescheduled to the next planned meeting.
The Planning Commission postponed consideration of a preliminary plat for property on Howard Murphy Drive after the applicant did not appear and the commission did not have six members present. The application is listed as “little p plat 1,” owned by High Collateral Property LLC and represented by Alabama Land Survey Incorporated.
The commission’s presiding officer introduced the new-business item and noted the owner and representative. A staff member recommended postponement, saying, “My recommendation since the petitioner is not present and we do not have a super majority of the quorum that we, postpone this meeting until the next planned planning commission meeting.” The presiding officer moved to postpone and the staff member seconded; commissioners approved the postponement by a voice/hand-raise vote.
Commissioners also approved the minutes from the June 12, 2025 meeting earlier in the session and heard no committee reports or old-business items. With the preliminary-plat item delayed and no additional business presented, the commission adjourned after the single action.
The item will return for consideration at the commission’s next scheduled meeting; a date for that meeting was not specified on the record.
