HUDZ committee gives favorable recommendation to rezoning of parcel along South Grand

The St. Louis City Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee voted unanimously to give a favorable recommendation for rezoning a parcel along South Grand so it can be consolidated with an adjacent single‑family property.

Alderman Cone, who introduced board bill number 2, told the committee the request came from a property owner on South Grand to change the zoning “from F neighborhood commercial to a single family.” He said the zoning department and the Planning Commission had approved the change.

The request followed a boundary survey that showed a fence and retaining wall previously thought to belong to the homeowner were on the neighboring business’s parcel. Mary Burton, identified in the meeting as the zoning director, said the survey led the two property owners to agree to exchange the parcel so the homeowner could consolidate it with his lot. “This is a simple rezoning for an existing situation where there was a fence and a retaining wall that had always been on the property,” Burton said. “A survey was done, they decided it was not correct so the property owners have agreed to exchange this parcel of land but they need to rezone it so that it’s all the same because you can’t consolidate property that is zoned differently.”

Alderman Ottawa McSwyfern asked for clarification about the parcels and zoning designations; Burton and Alderman Cone explained one parcel is associated with a home and the adjacent parcel had been used for a business and zoned F. Committee members asked no further substantive questions.

Vice Chair Sonnier moved favorable consideration; Alderman Keyes seconded. The clerk called the roll and recorded seven aye votes: the roll call included Alderman Cohn, Alderman Schweitzer, Alderman Keyes, Vice Chair Sonnier, Alderman Browning, Alderman Aldridge and Chair Clark Hubbard. The committee chair announced the motion passed and that board bill number 2 had been successfully passed by the committee.

Committee members noted the item had been submitted prior to the recent election and had been pending in the legislative process; one member thanked staff for moving it forward. No resolutions or written testimony were offered on the item during the meeting. The committee adjourned after completing its business.

The committee action provides a favorable committee recommendation for the rezoning; the legislation will continue through St. Louis City’s regular legislative process for final action.