Corinth City Council unanimously approved an ordinance May 1 to rezone approximately 6.2 acres in the Gibson Heights subdivision from C-2 Commercial to Planned Development (PD) No. 76 with a base zoning district of SF-4 single-family.

City planner Matthew Lilly said the rezoning addresses a 17-lot subdivision where several lots are narrower than the current 70-foot minimum, and two houses on Burrell Street were damaged by fire and need reconstruction. Staff recommended the PD so property owners could rebuild consistent with neighborhood lot patterns; the PD includes standards such as a minimum 70-square-foot front porch and a 10-foot minimum garage setback from the main facade. Lilly said the request is consistent with the comprehensive plan designation of a mixed-use node.

Lilly reported the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval 4–0 and staff had received one letter of support and one letter of opposition. A neighboring property owner who spoke at the public hearing, John Klickner of 114 Burrell Street, told the council he’d lived on Burrell Street for 42 years and supported rezoning the parcels back to single-family to enable rebuilding.

A councilmember moved to approve the ordinance amending Case No. ZAPD25-0004, Gibson Heights Planned Development, and the council voted unanimously to adopt the rezoning as presented.