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Council denies rezoning for 109–115 Edinburgh Road after neighborhood opposition to model-home approach
Summary
The council unanimously denied a rezoning request that would have applied an OX (office/residential) classification and temporary 'model home' office use for three properties on Edinburgh Road; neighbors opposed commercial 'creep' and the proposed eight‑year timeline for office use.
Planning staff presented revisions to rezoning request Z-19-24 for three parcels on Edinburgh (109–115 Edinburgh Road) and described edits to 18 conditions; staff said the applicant clarified a protected buffer and limited an office use on the site to “no more than 8 years.”
Opponents and adjacent neighbors told council the application risked commercial creep into a residential block and would remove housing stock. Several neighbors and speakers asked why the applicant had not used a simpler…
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