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Altoona council approves multiple rezonings, extends revitalization plan and clears Gateway East plats

Altoona City Council · May 1, 2026
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Summary

At its March 20 meeting, the Altoona City Council unanimously approved several rezoning ordinances affecting parcels totaling more than 280 acres, adopted a 2023 amendment extending the Revitalization Area Plan to Dec. 31, 2032, and reapproved Gateway East preliminary and final plats and a site plan subject to resolving listed deficiencies.

Altoona — The Altoona City Council on Monday approved multiple rezoning ordinances, extended the city's revitalization plan through Dec. 31, 2032, and reapproved preliminary and final plats for the Gateway East Business Center.

At a public hearing, Brent Culp of engineering firm Snyder & Associates described a proposed change to the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map that would move 36.04 acres from Light Industrial/Office to General Industrial, saying the change "will coincide with the area around it and with Bondurant and would bring more interest in the area with easy access to Hubbell Avenue traffic." With no public comments, the council voted 5-0 to adopt the amendment.

The council also held public hearings and approved a series of rezoning ordinances. A rezoning of approximately 36.04 acres from A-1 to M-2 cleared first and second readings and passed 5-0. A separate rezoning of roughly 40 acres from A-1 to M-1 passed first reading; the council waived the second and third readings and…

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