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Council gives first reading to Canary Woods annexation after residents raise concerns about unmarked cemetery
Summary
Columbia City Council gave first reading to annexation and rezoning of a 79-acre Southwestern Holloway Road parcel proposed for Canary Woods, but directed the developer and landowners to work out a cemetery-preservation plan and buffer before second reading after residents testified to an unmarked cemetery and close property lines.
Columbia City Council on first reading approved annexation and a zoning map amendment for a 79-acre parcel on Southwestern Holloway Road proposed for expansion of the Canary Woods development, but the council asked the developer and landowners to secure a buffer and a cemetery-preservation plan before the second reading.
At a public hearing, Mary Lynn Bair, who identified herself as a granddaughter of a former owner, said "There is a cemetery on this property that nobody knows about" and presented photographs she said show headstones…
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