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Council approves Fountain Heights rezoning for neighborhood market and community kitchen
Summary
The Birmingham City Council voted to rezone a 0.16-acre site in Fountain Heights from CR-4A to MUL to allow construction of an office, market and accessory kitchen for a community garden project after unanimous committee recommendations and neighborhood support; a neighboring property owner spoke in opposition citing a separate lot-line dispute.
The Birmingham City Council on July 15 approved ZAC2025-7, rezoning about 0.16 acres at 1201 Sixteenth Street North in Fountain Heights from CR-4A (medium-density residential) to MUL (mixed-use live) to allow a new building that will house an office, a neighborhood market and an accessory kitchen for a community garden.
The rezoning drew unanimous recommendations from the Fountain Heights Neighborhood Association (8–0), the city zoning advisory committee and the planning and zoning committee before the council vote. City zoning administrator Kim Spruill told the council the applicant’s site plan meets landscaping requirements, requires one bicycle parking space and will follow stormwater permitting during construction.
Applicant Maria Villanueva told the council the project is “the first neighborhood market that our community has had in almost 70 years,” and described the building as a community…
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