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Contentious West Tampa rezoning stalls after 3‑2 council split over alley access
Summary
Council failed to secure the four votes needed to approve a West Tampa rezoning (REZ2629) after residents and civic leaders disputed a staff finding that a rear alley was "open but not used." The hearing was continued to April 16 for additional staff analysis and to allow absent members to vote.
Tampa — A proposed rezoning in West Tampa that would have allowed two semi‑detached houses on a 4,800‑square‑foot lot failed to win the four affirmative votes required under the city’s quasi‑judicial process and was continued to April 16.
The ordinance, REZ2629 (2414 West State Street), would have rezoned the parcel from RM‑16 to a plan development (PD) designation to permit two single‑family semi‑detached units. Staff from the planning commission and development coordination found the application consistent with the city’s land‑use policy, and the developer said the project would create “missing‑middle” housing consistent with the West Tampa overlay.
But the hearing focused on a discrete technical and policy question: whether the narrow alley behind the block qualifies as an “open and used public alley.” Mobility staff (Jonathan Scott) told council that his February field inspection found the alley paved but overgrown and that at the time of inspection it appeared…
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