The Morgan City Planning Commission voted to forward a rezone application for 60 West 100 South to the city council with a non‑favorable recommendation after a public hearing and commission discussion.

Staff presentation and staff recommendation
City planner Jake summarized the application: the property is currently zoned R1A (functioning as R1‑10) and the applicant requested RM15. Jake said the property is shown as medium‑density residential on the city’s future land‑use map — a designation that may include attached housing — but staff recommended against a rezone at this time because the parcel is not adjacent to existing RM15 or townhome development and would represent a different neighborhood character than surrounding single‑family lots. Jake told the commission the city has approved RM15 rezonings in the past only where townhomes or multifamily were already adjacent or the site fronted an arterial.

Applicant remarks and public comment
Applicant Corey Adams told commissioners his proposal would place four housing units on the lot and argued the request is consistent with the adopted general plan. “We’re not asking for anything different than what the general plan allows,” Corey Adams said during the hearing.

Three members of the public spoke during the hearing. Scott Jensen asked about an unrelated development and was directed to the city council for that issue. Two residents, Kate Sargent and Brett Boss, opposed the rezoning on neighborhood‑character grounds; Sargent said she was concerned about more townhomes being placed in largely single‑family neighborhoods, and Boss said the rezoning could make future development in adjacent lots more difficult to predict and might alter neighborhood scale.

Commission discussion and official action
Commissioners debated compatibility, whether the general‑plan designation alone compels a rezone, and whether approving one RM15 parcel would encourage additional spot rezonings nearby. Commissioner comments noted the difficulty of applying broad “gross density” math to individual parcels and emphasized context and adjacency. After discussion a motion to forward the application to the city council with a non‑favorable recommendation passed on a voice vote; a roll‑call tally was not provided in the transcript.

What happens next
The planning commission’s non‑favorable recommendation will be transmitted to the Morgan City Council for a legislative decision. The applicant was advised that withdrawal before council consideration is an option if the applicant wants to reconsider and work further with staff before resubmittal.

Ending: The commission closed the public hearing and adjourned after the vote; the rezone application will appear on a future city‑council agenda.