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Developer seeks annexation, rezoning of 7.6 acres at U.S. 280 near Veterans Parkway
Summary
A developer requested annexation of 7.6 vacant acres adjacent to the Pyramid Hill development and asked the city to advertise a public hearing to rezone the parcel to C-2 gateway corridor zoning to match neighboring parcels.
City planning staff told the Opelika City Council during a June 30 work session that a developer is requesting annexation of roughly 7.6 acres on Birmingham Highway (U.S. 280) near Veterans Parkway, adjacent to the Pyramid Hill development.
“It's a request to annex 7.6 acres located adjacent to the Pyramid Hill development…they're asking that the property come in and once it's annexed be rezoned to that gateway corridor, C-2 zoning to match the rest of the development there,” the city staff member said.
Staff said the property is currently vacant and contains a small creek that cuts through part of the tract; bringing the parcel into the city and rezoning it to C-2 would “even out the edges” of the adjacent development, the staff member said.
The staff presentation noted that typical annexations come in with R-1 rural low-density zoning, but because the adjacent land is zoned C-2 in the gateway corridor, the applicant requests C-2 on annexation. The council was asked to authorize advertising a public hearing on the rezoning; no final annexation or rezoning vote occurred at the work session.
Speakers did not raise formal objections during the work session; council members invited questions and reserved final action for the advertised public hearing and any subsequent council vote.
