Livingston land use board asks commission to deny zoning text change, requests rezoning of four east-side parcels

The Livingston consolidated land use board voted unanimously at its March 11 meeting to recommend the City Commission deny proposed text amendments to Chapter 30 of the zoning code and asked the commission to revisit rezoning four east-side parcels, three owned by Livingston Healthcare and one owned by the Watson family, back to light industrial.

The motion, moved by Chair Bailey Goodwin and seconded by Frank O'Connor, concluded a lengthy discussion in which board members, staff and members of the public debated whether changing the zoning definitions and allowed uses would create an unintended "island" of restrictions and whether deed restrictions on donated hospital land constrain future industrial uses. Goodwin moved that the board "recommend the City Commission deny the text amendment as proposed and request that the commission revisit the map and zone the four parcels on the east side of Livingston ... to light industrial." Frank O'Connor seconded the motion; the board recorded six affirmative votes and the…