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Jamestown tables Fulton Street zoning change after residents raise safety concerns
Summary
Council members heard residents describe drug activity, trespass and condemned properties in the Fulton Street area, reviewed police-call data and debated moving a proposed neighborhood-commercial zoning line; the council voted to table the zoning proposal until the next work session.
Jamestown City Council members on Monday paused consideration of a proposed zoning change for parts of the Fulton Street area after residents and council members raised public-safety and neighborhood-character concerns.
Council members and staff described repeated calls for police service and a pattern of property-conditions complaints within the area bounded in discussion as Fulton Street and nearby side streets. A city official told the council that the police department provided data covering Jan. 1 through June 9, 2025 showing 126 calls to the Fulton Street area during that period.
Residents and council members told the work session that the area has problems with trespassing, drug paraphernalia, and condemned or dilapidated properties that affect sidewalks and adjacent schools. Council discussion focused on whether to move the proposed neighborhood-commercial (C1) zoning line back from some side streets so that small-scale commercial…
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