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Council advances two separate rezoning requests — Bridal property to AG, Prior Road parcel to R1 — to second reading
Summary
After public hearings and technical clarifications about right-of-way and plats, council moved two rezoning bills to second reading unanimously: Bill 25‑247 (R1→AG, ~29.95 acres) and Bill 25‑248 (AG→R1, ~2.83 acres).
The City Council advanced two rezoning proposals to second reading on Dec. 15 after public hearings and staff responses to resident questions.
Item 4a: Applicant Matt Slish requested rezoning several adjacent parcels (listed at 1650, 1660 and 1700 Northeast Tudor Road) from R1 (single‑family residential) to AG (agriculture) to consolidate family‑owned acreage and preserve it from subdivision. Senior planning staff said the application meets the Ignite Comprehensive Plan’s low‑intensity, large‑lot single‑family designation and entered exhibits for the record. Resident Teresa Volenweider raised concerns about tax differences between ag and residential classifications, survey discrepancies, and whether a future plat could cause right‑of‑way dedications. Public Works director Michael Park said the city did not initiate the application and that staff has no current right‑of‑way dedication request tied to the rezoning; planners located a rezoning ordinance from 1976 in their records. Councilmember Lovell read Bill 25‑247 and the motion to advance it to second reading carried unanimously.
Item 4b: In a separate hearing for 3222 Southwest Prior Road, the applicant sought to rezone the eastern 2.89 acres of a roughly 7.5‑acre parcel from AG to R1 to split and sell the house parcel while retaining the remaining acreage in AG. Planner Shannon McGuire said the Ignite land‑use map supports the R1 classification for the front parcel and staff received no comments for or against the project prior to the hearing. Councilmember Carlisle moved Bill 25‑248 to second reading; that motion also passed unanimously.
Both rezonings moved to second reading; council did not adopt final ordinances on Dec. 15. Staff noted that plat recording, survey verification and any required neighborhood dedications or conditions would be addressed through the standard platting and development-review process before any final land‑use changes are recorded.
