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Panel approves change from public land use to high residential and rezoning to PUD amid strong neighborhood opposition; both votes 4-3
Summary
The commission approved a small-scale land use amendment from Public to High Residential and recommended rezoning the site to a Planned Unit Development for approximately 170 single-family homes; both recommendations passed 4–3 after extensive public comment raising concerns about density, traffic, emergency services and school capacity.
The Marion County Planning & Zoning Commission narrowly recommended approval, by 4–3 votes, of a small-scale land-use amendment to change a former county-owned parcel from Public to High Residential and then recommended rezoning the same site to a Planned Unit Development to allow about 170 single-family lots.
Growth Services Planner Chris Rising presented the amendment (case 25SO5) and the concurrent rezoning (case 250305ZP). Rising said the parcel is inside the urban growth boundary, served by Marion County water and within reasonable sewer extension distance, and that a high-residential designation would provide a transition between the commercial node…
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