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Council holds public hearing on rezoning 2.779 acres on Park Avenue; no public comments
Summary
Council opened a public hearing Dec. 2 on rezoning 2.779 acres on Park Avenue from C4 commercial back to R2 residential (PUD); no members of the public spoke and planning commission will deliberate Dec. 9 with council to review its recommendation Dec. 16.
The Columbiana City Council opened a public hearing at 7:15 p.m. on Dec. 2 to gather public input on a proposed rezoning of approximately 2.779 acres on Park Avenue from C4 intensive, automobile‑oriented commercial district to R2 medium‑density residential (planned unit development).
Speaker 1 read the purpose of the hearing and invited in‑person and Zoom participants to comment; no residents spoke during the hearing. Council members and staff clarified that the proposal would return the property to its prior residential designation, describing the change as “just returning to where it was.”
City staff said the Barnes land donation and associated rezoning are on the council agenda for a second reading; the planning commission is scheduled to deliberate on Dec. 9, with the council expecting to receive the commission’s recommendation at its Dec. 16 meeting. If the planning commission recommends the change, staff indicated council would hold a first reading Jan. 20 and a second reading Feb. 3.
Because no public testimony was offered, the record from this hearing contains only council and staff statements establishing the schedule and next procedural steps. The planning commission review is the next scheduled public step for the rezoning proposal.
