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Residents urge Alexander City to re‑examine lakeside rezoning as RV park concerns mount
Summary
At a Dec. 8 Alexander City Council meeting residents said a vacant lot at Riverchase Road and Hwy. 280 is being cleared for a 20‑site RV park in a single‑family area and urged the council to reexamine rezoning, sewage and runoff protections; councilors said they will look into the matter.
Edwin Eisworth, a Dogwood Circle resident, told the Alexander City Council on Dec. 8 that a vacant lot at the corner of Riverchase Road and Highway 280 has been stripped of trees and is now being developed as an RV park in the middle of a single‑family neighborhood. “A RV park is being built in the middle of a single family residential area,” Eisworth said, asking why the parcel had been rezoned to commercial and who authorized the development.
Don Killingsworth, another nearby resident, said the developer is planning 20 RV sites and raised specific health and safety concerns about sewage handling, stormwater…
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