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Council reviews multiple Planning Commission rezoning requests, staff mostly recommends approval
Summary
City planning staff presented several rezoning requests from the Planning Commission, including proposals to convert parcels to R‑3 and R‑5 for infill and townhomes and a small corner parcel to neighborhood commercial; staff recommended approval on most items while council members raised concerns about traffic, school capacity and long‑term precedent.
City planning staff on Jan. 6 presented a series of zoning change applications forwarded by the Planning Commission, asking the City Council to consider rezoning multiple parcels across Ward 6, Ward 9 and Ward 11 to allow increased residential density and small‑scale commercial uses.
The series included application Z492025 (applicant Jonathan Blick), proposing to change three parcels from R‑2 to R‑3 along Hickory Grove Boulevard and Elwood Drive (staff estimated a historical yield of about 14 lots); an AG→R‑5 request and a nearby R‑2→C‑2 corner parcel from applicant Fonda Malone (combined staff estimate of 35 units…
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