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Olive Branch board approves multiple plats, infrastructure contracts; veto override attempt fails
Summary
At its January meeting the Board of Aldermen approved zoning and plat actions, awarded infrastructure contracts, accepted professional services recommendations and rejected an attempt to override the mayor’s veto of a December land‑use decision.
Olive Branch — The Board of Aldermen approved a range of land‑use and infrastructure items at its January meeting, including preliminary and final plats, contracts for water and signal projects, and professional-service agreements; the board failed to muster the two‑thirds majority needed to override the mayor’s veto on a separate townhouse design change.
Votes at a glance
- Rosewood rezoning (7200 College Road): Approved (rezoning from AR to R1); planning commission had recommended approval. (See separate article for discussion and conditions.)
- Rosewood preliminary plat: Approved subject to planning-commission and city-engineer conditions (tree preservation, College Road frontage improvements, side-loaded garages, minimum heated-area covenants).
- Rezoning of 7705 Craft Road from AR to C1 (neighborhood commercial): Approved (motion carried after staff presentation and applicant remarks).…
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