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Service committee refers multiple rezoning requests to planning commission
Summary
At the March 3 meeting the service committee forwarded several zoning-change requests, including Ordinance 25-08 and related items affecting parcels on East Main Street, Thornwood Drive and Grove Drive, to the planning commission for review; committee votes were unanimous.
The Newark City Council service committee on March 3 voted unanimously to refer several ordinances seeking zoning classification changes to the planning commission for study and recommendation.
Ordinance 25-08 proposes changing zoning for parcels described in committee as 134 East Main Street and several adjacent tax parcels from a medium-intensity business zoning district to a downtown (DC) district. The committee passed a motion to send the ordinance to the planning commission for review.
Additional motions referred separate rezoning requests affecting properties described in committee as 330 Thornwood Drive (parcel tax ID listed in the record) from MFC zoning to MFA zoning, and 360 Grove Drive (partial tax ID read aloud) from NRC family residential to a higher-density zoning designation described in the record. In each case the committee chair asked that staff obtain opinions and return recommendations from the planning commission before the council acts further.
A representative for a developer, identified in the record as Scott Hartley for the VISTA group, was introduced during discussion of phase two of a development; staff and council members said they would consult the planning commission and return with recommendations. Each referral passed 5-0.
The planning commission review and any public hearings required under city code will precede final council action on the ordinances.
