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Residents urge clarity as Loudon City council advances rezoning, adds historic-zone condition for 2492 River Road
Summary
After resident testimony warned the River Road rezoning was too vague, the Loudon City Council approved first-reading action to reclassify 2492 River Road to a Small Plan Development District with an amendment requiring final SPD approval and historic-zone designation before rezoning takes effect.
Loudon City Council moved forward on a rezoning request for 2492 River Road on first reading after residents urged the council to delay action until more specifics were supplied.
Resident Sherry Grayson, who said she has lived adjacent to the property for 45 years, told the council the application was “open-ended” and lacked details on occupancy, parking and the scope of events. “Putting a commercial zoning in the middle of a historic, low residential, and greenbelt area” risks larger commercial uses, she said, and warned the plan’s language was vague enough that “you could drive bulldozers through it.”
City staff and the city engineer said the ordinance before council was a zoning-map amendment that…
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