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Commission approves rezoning of 400 Chestnut Street from R‑3 to B‑1 and grants variance to formalize long-standing commercial use

3789485 · June 5, 2025
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Summary

Planning commissioners recommended approval of a zone change and a variance for 400 Chestnut Street, ending decades of nonconforming commercial uses at the site. Staff recommended approval of the development plan and variance; the commission voted unanimously to recommend both.

Planning commissioners unanimously recommended rezoning 400 Chestnut Street from R‑3 (planned neighborhood residential) to B‑1 (neighborhood business) and approved a variance that will formalize the property’s long-standing commercial uses.

Planner James Mills said the property has a long history of commercial uses despite its R‑3 zoning: "the property was before the board of adjustment in 1932 to build the structure that's currently on‑site... Since then, the property has changed uses a multitude of times ...…

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