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Mount Comfort neighbors beat back full commercial rezoning; council approves split zoning amendment

Fayetteville City Council · October 7, 2025
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Summary

After months of neighborhood opposition over traffic and safety, council amended and narrowed a developer's request for NSG commercial zoning at 3070 W. Mount Comfort Road to a split map (small NSG frontage on Mount Comfort and RSF‑18 on the rear) but later declined to advance the full rezone to third reading; the item remains on second reading.

Council considered a contested rezoning for 3070 West Mount Comfort Road on Oct. 7 after several public meetings brought out neighbors who said the street and adjacent Gooseberry Lane lack the infrastructure to support business traffic. Opponents, represented by neighborhood spokesman Jake Herzog, submitted petitions and argued that Mount Comfort and Gooseberry lack center turn lanes, sidewalks, adequate curb and gutter,…

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