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Smithfield council defers rezoning after debate over parcel split and future land-use map
Summary
Council debated whether to combine two parcels and change the future land-use designation from historic-residential to downtown mixed-use; planning commission favored combining parcels, staff cited lease and advertising costs; council directed staff to re-advertise and return with a single-parcel option after survey work.
Smithfield — The Town Council on Nov. 5 deferred action on a rezoning and comprehensive-plan amendment after a prolonged debate over whether to treat two adjacent lots as a single parcel and how that should appear on the future land-use map.
Planner Miss Clary told the council the application seeks to rezone property from heavy industrial to downtown to align with neighboring parcels and to amend the future land-use map to reflect newly reconfigured lot lines. Planning Commission recommended combining the two parcels and designating the entire site as historic-district downtown mixed use;…
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