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Planning commission recommends rezoning near North Lancaster; neighbors press environmental and character concerns
Summary
The planning commission recommended zoning changes along North Lancaster and Columbus Road to better match current uses and promote duplexes; residents raised slope stability, drainage and neighborhood-character concerns and members proposed separating the fire station parcel for faster action.
The Planning & Development committee reviewed a planning commission recommendation (case 25‑06) to update zoning along North Lancaster, 2nd Street, Columbia Avenue and Columbus Road to better align zoning with existing uses and to encourage denser housing in parts of the corridor.
City planning staff explained the proposal would convert some R3 and business zones to R2 (which permits duplexes) in areas where current uses had diverged from original zones, reclassify a private cemetery parcel to open…
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