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Votes at a glance: April 2026 Auburn Planning Commission — approvals, conditions and reconsideration
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Summary
The commission approved a consent agenda of final plats, a zoning text amendment on consumable hemp products, an annexation remnant, several conditional uses (Boulevard Phase 9, Bent Creek office, Riley Street automotive manufacturing), a PDD rezoning for Shug Jordan, a waiver for sub-3-acre lots, and performed a procedural reconsideration and re-approval of Bent Creek to add a required cross-access easement.
At its April 2026 meeting the Auburn Planning Commission approved a series of items after presentations, public hearings and committee discussion. Votes taken during the meeting included final plats on the consent agenda, a zoning-text amendment to regulate consumable hemp products, an annexation remnant, conditional-use approvals, a major PDD rezoning, and a subdivision waiver. A staff-mandated condition for the Bent Creek office conditional use (a platted cross-access easement) was added through a motion to reconsider and subsequent re-approval.
Key outcomes (voice votes reflected in the transcript):
- Consent agenda: Final plats for Mims Trail 15A; Woodson Hills; Woodward Oaks Phase 6; Cherokee Road subdivision; West Tech Park Annex 2 Phase 1 — approved. - CU20267 (Boulevard Phase 9): Approved with a staff condition to vacate a portion of Bryant Avenue right-of-way; traffic mitigation to be addressed through DRT or a development agreement. - ZZTT2026001 (zoning text amendment — consumable hemp products): Approved; staff added zoning definitions, special development standards, and references to municipal code, Alabama state code, and ABC board regulations. - AX2026-009 (Owens family remnant annexation): Approved (approx. 2-acre remnant parcel to be added to a larger development project). - RZ2026002 / KCU2026008 (Shug Jordan commercial PDD and conditional-use package): Rezoning to PDD and associated conditional uses approved with six staff conditions (see PDD article for details). - CU2026009 (Bent Creek office): Initially approved, then a motion to reconsider added the required platted cross-access easement condition; commission re-approved with that condition. - CU2026011 (Riley Street automotive manufacturing): Approved for adaptive reuse of an existing industrial building for automotive manufacturing. - WZ2026-003 (D & K Taylor waiver of 3-acre lot minimum): Approved to revise lot lines for existing parcels in a northern Auburn area; staff said the request cleans up existing lot lines.
Several motions were made and passed by voice vote with commissioners expressing no recorded dissent in the transcript. The transcript does not record roll-call tallies for individual yes/no votes.
