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Council backs comprehensive‑plan amendment and PUD rezoning at Lafayette Drive and South Illinois despite neighborhood traffic concerns
Summary
The council approved on reading a comprehensive‑plan amendment and rezoning for roughly 3.79 acres at Lafayette Drive and South Illinois to permit a UB2 PUD development; residents and several council members raised traffic, sight‑distance and neighborhood cut‑through concerns.
Oak Ridge City Council on first reading approved two related ordinances to change the land‑use designation and rezone about 3.79 acres at the corner of Lafayette Drive and South Illinois Avenue from single‑family residential (R1) to UB2 with a Planned Unit Development overlay (UB2PUD). The planning commission recommended approval.
The zoning change accompanies a preliminary master plan for a small shopping‑center style development. City staff and the planning commission included conditions related to site access, screening and sidewalks that became part of the PUD preliminary approval.
Residents and several council members raised traffic and safety concerns. Acting city engineer Brian Mills and…
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