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Elizabethtown council holds first reading to rezone 310 College Street to neighborhood office; directs planning to review historic protections and notice radius
Summary
At its Jan. 21 meeting the Elizabethtown City Council held a first reading of an ordinance to reclassify 310 College Street from R‑4 residential to C‑1 neighborhood office, heard public opposition from nearby residents, and voted to direct planning staff to review the city's historic preservation boundaries and expand notice procedures.
Elizabethtown City Council held a first reading Jan. 21, 2025, of an ordinance to change the official zoning classification for the property at 310 College Street from R‑4 (residential) to C‑1 (neighborhood office), and directed planning staff to evaluate the city's historic preservation ordinance and to expand notice procedures for future zoning requests.
A council member offered the motion to seek C‑1 zoning for 310 College Street, saying the C‑1 district "restricts buildings adjacent to residential areas to no more than 5,000 square feet" and allows 13 permitted commercial uses, a narrower set than the C‑2 neighborhood-commercial district that the Planning Commission recommended. The council member cited the city's comprehensive plan, the staff report and testimony at the hearing as the basis for proposing C‑1 rather than C‑2. The motion to read the ordinance on first reading was seconded…
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