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Council clears three other rezoning and annexation items on first reading
Summary
On the same agenda, council approved a rezoning of 113 Comet Street from R-20 to R-10 to allow subdivision, approved rezoning of the front portion of 307 Concord Road to Limited Office (LO) after a prior denial and BZA interpretation, and annexed a small parcel to bring Concord Baptist Church into city limits; all three passed on first reading, most unanimously.
Anderson City Council approved three additional land-use items on first reading, including two rezoning requests and a small annexation to bring a church parcel inside city limits.
Planning staff said 113 Comet Street (0.71 acres) would be rezoned from R-20 to R-10 to allow the property to be subdivided into two single-family lots; staff noted the lot was previously two lots and that the planning commission unanimously recommended approval. Council debated conformity with surrounding R-20 zoning and staff confirmed the proposed lots would be similar in size to several nonconforming lots of record in the neighborhood. The motion passed unanimously on first reading.
The council next considered a request for the front 210 feet of 307 Concord Road to be rezoned from R-15 to LO (Limited Office). The applicant had previously sought Neighborhood Commercial zoning and was denied; staff noted that per zoning ordinance section 14.2 the applicant appealed to the Board of Zoning Appeals, which determined NC and LO are not substantially similar and allowed a reapplication. Council asked staff to clarify allowable LO uses (barber/beauty shops, florists, small professional offices) and approved the LO rezoning unanimously on first reading.
Finally, the council unanimously approved annexing a small 0.05-acre parcel at 1212 Reed Road into R-20 to bring Concord Baptist Church’s campus entirely inside city limits. Staff explained the annexation resolves a ‘donut hole’ that complicates building permits, fire dispatch, police jurisdiction and sanitation services.
All three items were advanced on first reading; staff said each will follow standard permitting and plan-review processes for any subsequent development.
