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Baldwin City council approves Ordinance 15-11 to correct Lawrence Street parcel zoning
Summary
Council approved Ordinance 15-11 to change a parcel annexed into the city from county zoning to residential low density (RLD). The planning commission had recommended approval 5-0; the council adopted the ordinance on a 4-0 roll call.
Baldwin City council on a 4-0 vote approved Ordinance 15-11 to correct the zoning of a parcel on Lawrence Street that was annexed into the city roughly two decades ago but was not fully rezoned at that time.
Speaker 3, who presented the item, said the parcel sits between Elm Street and High Street across from a local primary center and that when the property was annexed the legal description filed covered only one of two parcels. “So this one is going from county zoning to what we call RLD, which is residential low density,” Speaker 3 said, noting the change is intended to align city zoning records and is not expected to affect property taxes.
Speaker 3 told the council the planning commission heard the proposal on May 13 and approved it 5-0. There was no public comment on the item. Speaker 4 moved to approve Ordinance 15-11 and Speaker 3 seconded; during roll call the chair recorded “yes” votes from Julie, Scott, Corey and Susan and declared the motion passed 4-0.
According to the presentation, the rezoning is administrative — correcting paperwork and aligning GIS and legal descriptions — and will bring the parcel under the city’s residential low-density zoning category. The transcript records the council’s discussion about a small retention basin near the parcel and clarifies the basin remains under county jurisdiction and is not part of the parcel being rezoned.
Next steps: the ordinance was adopted by council vote; the transcript does not specify an effective date for the ordinance or additional implementation steps.
