Votes at a glance: Mobile City Planning Commission actions, Feb. 20, 2025

The Mobile City Planning Commission took the following formal actions during its Feb. 20, 2025 meeting. Vote records were taken by voice in the meeting and specific roll-call tallies were not recorded in the public transcript. Where staff conditions or special notes were discussed, they are listed in the item summaries below.

1) 2555 Fairway Drive (Tate Edition Subdivision) — Subdivision (1 lot, ~0.25 acre). Applicant present; motion to approve carried. Outcome: approved.

2) 2289 Egret Crossing (resubdivision of Lot 7, Heron Landing Unit 1) — Subdivision (~1.4 acres). Commission approved subdivision with staff recommendation and struck condition 1 (dedication of cul-de-sac radius) after applicant noted private roads. Outcome: approved (condition 1 removed).

3) Airgas South Subdivision (5789 US Highway 90 West; 5480 Hamilton Boulevard) — Subdivision (~15 acres, 2 lots). Applicant agreed to staff conditions including traffic engineering notes (driveway number/size/location). Outcome: approved subject to staff recommendations.

4) 135 Westfield Avenue (Sunset Hills resubdivision) — Subdivision (~0.5 acre, 2 lots). Applicant present; agreed to listed conditions. Outcome: approved.

5) 7970908 Airport Boulevard (Food Properties, Airport Boulevard West Subdivision) — Subdivision (~3 acres, 2 lots). Applicant discussed PUD complications; commission moved to approve subdivision subject to staff conditions (applicant and staff also discussed PUD major-modification requirements and timing). Outcome: approved with staff conditions; applicant advised to file major modification as required and record needed plat details.

6) 401 Civic Center Drive (Mobile Civic Center Subdivision) — Subdivision (~20+ acres, 3 lots). Applicant present and agreed to conditions. Outcome: approved.

7) 6759 Overlook Road — Subdivision (4 lots, ~3.25 acres). Applicant not present at start but later indicated agreement; staff indicated no communications to the contrary. Outcome: approved subject to staff recommendations.

8) 2806 Old Shell Road (Old Shell Cottages Subdivision) — Subdivision (7 lots, 0.65 acre). Applicant present, discussed traffic engineering condition requiring shared access driveways; options for shared/combined driveways clarified. Outcome: approved subject to staff/traffic recommendations.

9) 3511 River Oaks Drive (River Oaks Estates) — Subdivision (11 lots, ~31 acres). Staff discussed a waiver for lot width where frontage is less than 60 feet; applicant clarified setbacks and staff agreed the waiver was not necessary. Outcome: approved.

10) 1408 Cody Road North (The Villas at Cody Road Crossing) — Subdivision (229 lots, ~16.5 acres). Applicant present and agreed to 18 listed conditions; no public opposition. Outcome: approved subject to staff recommendations.

11) Sidewalk waiver — 5344 and 5348 US Highway 90 West (request to waive sidewalks along Highway 90 West, Nevius Road and Hermitage Avenue). Discussion with applicant and staff over jurisdiction (ALDOT, county) and maintenance obligations. Commission approved waiver for Highway 90 West and Nevius Road but did not waive requirement for Hermitage Avenue (applicant had already relinquished 5 feet of frontage along Hermitage). Outcome: partial waiver approved (90 & Nevius waived; Hermitage not waived).

12) Sidewalk waiver — 6255 Airport Boulevard (request to waive sidewalk along Louise Avenue). Applicant argued insufficient right-of-way and obstructions; engineering staff concurred. Commission approved waiver for Louise Avenue only. Outcome: approved.

13) Conditional Use Permit — 2411 Venetia Road (short-term rental in R-1). Applicant present; staff identified outstanding items for the first short-term rental CUP under the UDC. Commission voted to holdover the request until the March 20 meeting, with applicant to supply additional information by March 5. Outcome: holdover to March 20, 2025.

14) Rezoning — 162 and 186 East Drive (R-2 to R-3). Applicant representative requested a holdover initially; public opposition included multiple speakers citing traffic and neighborhood compatibility. Commission voted to deny the rezoning. Outcome: denied.

15) 3300 Knollwood Drive (Knollwood Place First Edition) — Dual application: subdivision (1 lot, 17.16 acres) and rezoning (R-1/B-1 to R-3). Extensive public comment on drainage, traffic, density and impacts on nearby senior living facilities. Commission approved the subdivision and approved the rezoning subject to findings of fact, updated traffic-engineering comments (traffic-impact study required), standard engineering conditions and recorded voluntary use restrictions limiting density to 3.5 units per acre (about 60 units) and a 100-foot buffer to the adjacent subdivision; applicant must record the restriction. Outcome: subdivision approved; rezoning approved with voluntary use restrictions and TIS requirement.

Additional business: the commission scheduled a public hearing for March 20, 2025 to amend the UDC definition of "lot of record" and approved several sets of past meeting minutes (June–August 2022) as a batch.

Notes: Most votes were voice votes; the public transcript does not include roll-call tallies. Where staff recommended conditions, the commission generally adopted those conditions and in some cases added site-specific requirements (for example, the TIS for Knollwood and shared-access driveway requirements for Old Shell Cottages).