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Planning Board denies rezoning request at 2414 Michigan Avenue after neighbor opposition
Summary
The Planning Board voted 5‑0 to deny a small‑scale land‑use amendment and rezoning request to change 2414 Michigan Avenue from public institutional to Mixed Use 3. The applicant, Scott Helms, said he considered warehouses, flex space or townhomes; nearby residents opposed potential multifamily development and property devaluation.
The Panama City Planning Board voted 5‑0 to deny a request to rezone 2414 Michigan Avenue from public institutional to Mixed Use 3.
The owner/applicant, Scott Helms, told the board he considered “either small warehouse, flex space, or town homes” for the site and that a warehouse nearby informed his interest. In staff’s presentation, Planning staff explained MU‑3 allows “neighborhood scale commercial uses not to exceed 20,000 square feet” and said…
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