The Prattville Planning Commission on Dec. 18 read and approved a resolution recommending rezoning of the 0.25‑acre property at 1114 East Main Street from R‑2 (single‑family residential) to O‑1 (office district).

Planning staff displayed maps showing the parcel and surrounding community and noted the city’s future land‑use map lists the parcel as mixed‑use residential. Staff also outlined permitted uses in O‑1 for the commission’s reference.

No members of the public spoke during the rezoning public hearing. After the resolution was read, Mayor Gillespie (speaking in his capacity as a commissioner at the meeting) expressed reservations that incremental office rezoning along Main Street could erode the neighborhood’s residential character and increase traffic where turning lanes are not provided. “I do have some concerns that the office area is taking over the residential portion of it… I do plan on supporting this today, but I hope that next year we will take a lot harder look in this area,” the mayor said.

The planning commission moved and seconded the resolution and the chair announced the motion carried.

What happens next: the commission’s resolution recommends the rezoning to the city council; final rezoning would require council action under Prattville’s zoning procedures.