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Board denies rezoning for planned Highway 471 baseball fields after neighborhood opposition
Summary
The Rankin County Board denied a request to rezone nearly five acres on Highway 471 for a commercial baseball training facility, citing neighborhood character concerns, potential traffic, lighting and property-value impacts after residents and the board debated public-need and compatibility issues.
The Rankin County Board of Supervisors voted April 15 to deny a rezoning request that would have allowed a large indoor training facility and an illuminated outdoor baseball field on Highway 471.
Neighbors told the board the area has remained residential in character for decades, and they raised concerns about lighting, noise and traffic from a commercial ball field next to existing homes. "I…
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