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Planning director outlines downtown zoning changes and urges CRA workshop on redevelopment
Summary
Gregory Gay, Opelika’s planning and community development director, told the CRA board the city has amended its historic downtown zoning to allow building heights up to 10 stories (105 feet) and urged a CRA workshop to set redevelopment priorities for recently acquired downtown parcels.
Gregory Gay, director of planning and community development for the City of Opelika, briefed the CRA board on downtown development opportunities and recent planning work, including a new comprehensive plan and a historic Downtown Opelika District zoning overlay.
Gay said the city recently amended the historic Downtown Opelika District to raise the maximum height from seven stories to 10 stories (105 feet) to encourage mixed‑use, higher‑density projects and structured parking within a smaller land footprint. Gay said the change is intended to make 75–150-unit developments feasible on parcels of roughly 0.5 to 1 acre and noted that a larger state parcel in or near downtown totals roughly 3.5–4 acres, which could enable larger mixed‑use destination development.
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