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Council advances two zoning rezoning measures affecting Fifth Avenue and Third Avenue West
Summary
First readings were held for two ordinances proposing rezoning of multiple parcels: one to C-2 Highway Commercial near Fifth Avenue (including Flint Pigments area), and one changing several city-owned parcels from I-2 to I-1 to allow smaller light-industrial redevelopment; both were forwarded to second reading.
The Huntington City Council held first readings on June 23 for two rezoning ordinances and voted to forward both measures to a second reading.
Ordinance 2025-O-15 would amend the city zoning ordinance and map to rezone contiguous parcels near Fourth and Fifth streets to C-2 Highway Commercial. Planning staff said the rezoning matches the comprehensive plan’s future land-use designation, aligns with adjacent highway-commercial parcels, and is intended to enable retail and services to serve residents, students and employees. Planning staff also noted prior removal of some former manufacturing buildings at the Flint Pigments site and ongoing interaction with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection on undeveloped portions.
Planning and development staff told council that adjacent roadways can accommodate expected traffic and that stormwater management and MS4 compliance would be required as redevelopment proceeds. When asked whether the remaining buildings on the Flint Pigments site would be removed, planning staff said the parcels are privately owned and that litigation concerning some existing buildings is pending.
Ordinance 2025-O-16 proposes rezoning several parcels—most owned by the city—from I-2 heavy industrial to I-1 light industrial/commercial to allow smaller developments. Planning staff explained that I-2 requires a minimum 20,000-square-foot building and the existing lots are too small to meet that threshold; rezoning to I-1 would facilitate repurposing, following consolidation of Public Works functions at another site on Virginia Avenue.
Both rezoning proposals were reported as having received favorable recommendations from the Planning Commission and from the council’s Planning and Zoning Committee. Neither ordinance was adopted on first reading; both were forwarded to a second reading for a future council meeting.
