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Commission rejects rezoning request for 103 South Magnolia, citing consistency with historic residential district

Summerville Planning Commission · April 20, 2026
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Summary

After sustained public comment emphasizing the block—s residential future-land-use designation and prior council denials, the commission voted to deny a request to rezone 103 South Magnolia from GR-2 to NMX.

The Planning Commission unanimously voted on April 20 to deny a request to rezone 103 South Magnolia (roughly 0.34 acres) from GR-2 (two units per acre) to neighborhood mixed use (NMX). The applicant—s representative, Roman Hammes, said the restored former hotel would be used as a law office; neighbors argued the change would introduce commercial creep…

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