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Council hears multiple rezoning requests; planning commission gave mixed recommendations including an unfavorable opinion on a proposed gas-station site
Summary
City planning staff and the planning commission presented multiple proposed zoning-map amendments; one contested request—to rezone an I-1 parcel to C-2 for a proposed gas station—received an unfavorable recommendation from staff and the planning commission.
The Shelbyville mayor and city council study session considered several proposed zoning-map amendments affecting multiple parcels across the city, with planning staff and the planning commission offering both favorable and unfavorable recommendations.
Kevin Chastain, filling in for the planning director, summarized the most contested request: a rezoning of a parcel currently zoned I-1 (light industrial) to C-2 (general business) to allow a gas station and convenience store. "The primary reasons that staff gave for the unfavorable recommendation was that it was not consistent with future land use map and comprehensive plan," Chastain said, and he added that existing buildings on part of the property are nonconforming with current setbacks and that…
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