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Council committee sends Mount Moriah rezoning to full council with no recommendation amid floodplain concerns
Summary
A rezoning request for roughly 23 acres near Mount Moriah Road drew split views at the Planning and Zoning Committee. Planning staff and the Land Use Control Board recommended rejection because the site sits in a floodplain, is partially landlocked and lacks immediate arterial access; the committee sent the case to council with no recommendation.
A request to rezone about 22–23 acres near Mount Moriah Road from residential and conservation agriculture to Commercial Mixed‑Use (CMU‑3) was considered by the Planning and Zoning Committee on May 6. City planning staff and the Land Use Control Board both recommended rejection, and the committee ultimately advanced the case to full council with no recommendation.
Nut Graf: Planning staff said the site lies partly in a floodway and in the city’s highest resiliency flood zone, and it currently lacks direct access to an arterial road. Staff and the LUCB concluded those factors make CMU‑3 — the most intensive commercial mixed‑use…
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