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Neighbors oppose rezoning tied to lawsuit settlement; Planning Commission considers alternatives
Summary
A proposed rezoning of small city parcels to resolve an access lawsuit drew strong neighborhood concern over potential development, hillside destabilization and lack of a public sale process; staff said alternatives (staircase, easement) were infeasible and the rezoning was part of a settlement.
The Planning Commission on Dec. 21 considered a proposal to rezone two city‑owned parcels and a paper‑street segment near Burnett Avenue to RM‑1 to enable sale and access as part of a settlement resolving a long‑running access lawsuit.
Staff told commissioners that the parcels currently lack feasible public access solutions: building a pedestrian stair over a steep slope, creating an easement, or forcing connection to an HOA private driveway were all…
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