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Prattville council approves pre‑zoning and annexation of properties at 1301 and 1315 Upper Kingston Road
Summary
After a public hearing with one resident speaker in favor, the Prattville City Council adopted an ordinance to pre‑zone two parcels at 1301 and 1315 Upper Kingston Road to Institutional zoning and adopted a petition for annexation of the same properties into the city limits.
The Prattville City Council voted to pre‑zone property at 1301 and 1315 Upper Kingston Road as Institutional and to annex those parcels into the city limits, adopting both ordinances after a public hearing on the items.
Wade Newman, a Prattville resident, spoke in favor during the public hearing, saying the annexation would align the high school with other schools served by the city and could simplify emergency medical and ambulance coordination. “I think it’ll streamline processes,” Newman said, adding that bringing the property into the city might enable the city to leverage Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) funds for sidewalks and other improvements near the building.
The council held the public hearing on the pre‑zoning item and then took the legislated votes on the ordinances during the regular agenda. Both measures were adopted by voice/hand vote; the transcript records the votes as adopted without a roll‑call tally.
Why it matters: According to public comments recorded at the hearing, the parcels include the only high‑school property serving Prattville that has remained outside the corporate limits since roughly 1983. Supporters told the council they expect annexation to remove bureaucratic obstacles to emergency response and to make the property eligible for certain city‑administered or MPO‑administered funding that could support sidewalks or other public improvements.
Details and council action: The council opened a public hearing on an ordinance to pre‑zone the parcels to an Institutional (INST) designation and invited public testimony. Newman described prior coordination with school‑board members and county officials, and said the high school had been outside the city limits “since I graduated from there in 1983.” The ordinance to pre‑zone the parcels was adopted on a motion recorded on the regular agenda; the separate petition for annexation of the same addresses was similarly adopted later in the meeting.
The meeting record does not show a formal roll‑call vote or individual yes/no tallies for either ordinance; the clerk recorded adoption after the council signified their assent. The transcript does not show any opposition during the public hearing or during council debate.
What the council did not decide: The council did not adopt specific capital improvements for the site at this meeting. Newman and the mayor noted possible future uses of MPO funds for sidewalks, but no appropriation or project plan for sidewalks or EMS changes was adopted on the record at this meeting.
Next steps: Annexation and zoning changes will be reflected in city records and zoning maps once codified; no further actions or implementation dates were specified in the meeting record.
Ending: The ordinances concluded the docket items on annexation and pre‑zoning; council business continued with routine agenda items after the votes.
