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Commission denies proposed mixed‑use planned development at IH‑30/John King
Summary
After questioning about walkability and a lack of a regional anchor tenant, the Planning & Zoning Commission voted to deny a 32.79‑acre rezoning request for a planned development near IH‑30 and John King Boulevard. The denial was 5–0 and will go to City Council Jan. 20 requiring a three‑quarter majority to overturn.
The Planning and Zoning Commission denied a request to rezone roughly 33 acres near the IH‑30/John King intersection to a planned development district intended for mixed commercial uses.
Staff told commissioners the concept plan still resembled strip commercial development rather than the town‑center, mixed‑use model the city's corridor plan envisions. Applicant Mike Feather (speaker 15) said the proposal had been revised to add open space and connectivity and that the team was seeking to attract regional users, but that specific lease commitments would be pursued only after zoning.
Commissioners pressed for a regional anchor tenant and said they did not see the walkability and cohesive form the comprehensive plan anticipates. "As you sit here today, I haven't heard anything about a regional draw or the mixed use that our comprehensive plan envisions here," Commissioner Brock (speaker 8) said. Several commissioners said the plan remained too auto‑oriented and lacked a defining anchor.
Commissioner Shane moved to deny the request; the motion carried 5–0. Per staff, because the commission denied the item it will proceed to City Council on Jan. 20 and would require a three‑quarter majority there to reverse the commission's recommendation.
The applicant said it had added trails and increased open space to 29 percent of the site and had signed letters of intent for some tenants, but commissioners said the information presented did not persuade them the proposal would deliver the regional, walkable development the corridor plan calls for.
