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Columbiana council denies heavy-industrial rezoning for 1584 Highway 47; approves four residential rezones
Summary
The council voted down a request to rezone 1584 Highway 47 from RMH to M-2 after members raised concerns about compatibility with surrounding homes and fire risk. The body then approved four city-initiated parcels on North Highland Drive changing from no zoning to R-1.
Columbiana — The Columbiana City Council voted on Nov. 4, 2025, to deny an application to rezone 1584 Highway 47 from RMH to M-2 (heavy manufacturing) and approved four separate ordinances to change a set of city-initiated parcels on North Highland Drive from no zoning to R-1 (residential).
The council considered ordinance Z091125, which would have reclassified property at 1584 Highway 47. Planning and Zoning recommended denial, and several council members said the site is surrounded by residential properties and that heavy manufacturing would not fit the character of the neighborhood. One council member said, "I don't think M-2 fits in my opinion," and another raised safety concerns about stored vehicles and tires catching fire.
Council member motions: Speaker 3 moved to introduce Z091125 (rezoning 1584 Highway 47 from RMH to M-2); Speaker 1 seconded. The council held a roll-call-style vote and the measure failed; the mayor announced the rezoning request was denied.
Later in the meeting the council introduced and passed ordinances Z091125 A–D, which would convert four city-initiated parcels on North Highland Drive from "no zoning" to R-1. The mayor and planning staff said the change is part of a broader effort by Planning & Zoning to "clean up the books" and formally reflect the existing residential uses of those parcels. Council members voting in favor answered "yes" on the record during the roll call introducing those ordinances.
Context and next steps: Planning staff said High Point also has separate annexation and subdivision proposals nearby (about 57 acres off Queen Road, to be subdivided into eight larger lots after annexation and rezoning). The council said the public hearing produced no speakers for or against the rezoning items; the hearing was opened and then adjourned before the council returned to take the votes.
The council did not adopt any conditions or amendments to Z091125 that would have limited industrial uses at 1584 Highway 47. The denial keeps the property's current zoning in place. The ordinances changing the North Highland parcels to R-1 were introduced and accepted by vote; specific effective dates for those ordinances were not specified in the meeting text.
Votes and formal actions taken at the meeting included the denial of Z091125 (1584 Highway 47) and the introduction/adoption of Z091125 A–D for North Highland Drive parcels. The meeting record shows the motions, the mover and seconder for Z091125, and council roll-call responses for the North Highland ordinances; the meeting minutes should be consulted for the verbatim vote tally and ordinance text.
