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Bristol council adopts zoning change for multiple parcels and approves Keyes Street property sale
Summary
Bristol City Council adopted Ordinance No. 25-8, rezoning several parcels from single-family classifications to moderate residential (R3), and approved Ordinance No. 25-9 authorizing sale of city-owned parcels on Keyes Street to a Pentecostal church; both actions passed by roll-call votes. The council also entered closed session and approved a $30,910 supplemental appropriation in the consent agenda.
Bristol City Council on Nov. 25 adopted a zoning-map amendment and approved the sale of several city-owned parcels on Keyes Street to a Pentecostal church, actions council members said would create middle-class housing opportunities and put a vacant school building back into use.
At the start of the meeting, the presiding officer (Speaker 1) described the redevelopment as "very much needed" and said the property owners "have done many great things in the city." Council discussion emphasized that the project is intended as middle-class housing rather than low-income subsidized housing; one council member noted the planning commission’s recommendations were included with the first-reading materials and that a second reading must conform to the first.
Speaker 5, a council member, highlighted broader local benefits, saying the project would…
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