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Planning commission recommends against rezoning lot for manufactured home use after neighborhood opposition
Summary
The Spanish Fort Planning Commission voted not to forward a positive recommendation to city council for a rezoning that would have changed a lot from R-2 (medium-density single-family) to R-4 (manufactured/mobile home). Neighbors raised concerns about drainage, neighborhood character and short notice of the hearing.
The Spanish Fort Planning Commission on Monday voted against forwarding a positive recommendation to city council for case 250603, a rezoning request to change a 1.15-acre parcel on Spanish Oaks Drive West from R-2 (medium-density single-family residential) to R-4 (manufactured/mobile home residential).
The motion before the commission was to forward a positive recommendation to city council. The roll-call vote on that motion was six no, zero yes, and the motion failed; the planning commission therefore will forward a negative recommendation to the city council.
The parcelowner and applicant, Blake Bishop, told the commission he bought the subject lot and an adjoining lot in May and said steep topography, a gully and wetland setbacks limit buildable area. "It has only about a 3,500-square-foot development…
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