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Zoning official: Rezoning request for former Magnuson Hotel would tighten allowable uses amid public opposition
Summary
Lee County planning staff said Dixon Apartment LLC seeks to rezone the former Magnuson Hotel from commercial (C3) to multifamily (R4); Palmyra Township residents opposed the plan and a March 25 public hearing is set. County staff asked that building-code adoption be held over until April to add enforcement tools.
Alice, the county zoning and planning official, told the committee that petition 25P1658 from Dixon Apartment LLC asks to change the former Magnuson Hotel parcel from C3 commercial to R4 multifamily residential to allow an apartment complex.
Alice said Palmyra Township held a meeting with strong public turnout and that the majority of attendees opposed the rezoning, citing past problems at the hotel site and community concern about repeating those conditions. She urged board members to attend or review the March 25…
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