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Council reviews proposal to expand C‑5 commercial zoning on Tiny Town Road amid traffic and drainage questions
Summary
Council heard a planning commission-backed request from William Belew to rezone about 18.4 acres along Tiny Town Road from residential to C‑5 commercial. Staff and the planning commission recommended approval; council members pressed staff on traffic signal timing, stormwater and sinkhole risks, and shared funding for future roadwork.
Council members on April 24 heard a planning staff presentation on a rezoning request by William Belew to convert roughly 18.4 acres along Tiny Town Road to C‑5 Highway and Arterial Commercial District, a change the planning staff and the planning commission recommended for approval.
The application would extend an existing C‑5 area to the north, increasing the city’s C‑5 acreage from about 72 acres to about 90 acres. Planning staff said the parcels are part of a larger development area with planned collector roads and a future signal on Tiny Town Road to serve the corridor; staff added the request aligns with the adopted comprehensive plan’s mixed‑use corridor guidance.
Council members pressed staff for details about traffic mitigation, drainage and sinkhole risk. Councilman Haywood noted the planning packet included a 643‑page traffic impact study…
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