Planning commission recommends light-commercial rezone for 2300 W. Antelope Drive

The Syracuse Planning Commission on a unanimous recommendation voted to advise the city council to approve a rezone request from Leisure Villas for approximately 4.27 acres at 2300 West Antelope Drive.

Planning staff told commissioners the proposed Light Commercial zoning is consistent with the city’s general plan and the town center overlay, and said the new zone was designed to be compatible with surrounding single-family neighborhoods. Staff noted the Light Commercial zone carries a one‑story, 25‑foot height limitation and that some higher‑intensity commercial uses were intentionally excluded from the permitted‑uses list.

An applicant representative said the developer is seeking only a zoning change at this point and described preliminary ideas — “maybe two drive‑thrus and two office buildings” — but emphasized no site plan has been submitted. Commissioners asked about an adjacent small A1 parcel that remains privately owned and confirmed it is not part of the applicant’s request.

A commissioner moved to recommend approval of the rezone to Light Commercial; a second carried the motion and the commission voted in favor. One commissioner later noted a recusal from the vote because they had missed the discussion.

The commission’s recommendation now goes to Syracuse City Council, which has final authority on zoning map amendments.