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Planning Commission backs rezoning of 3400 block of Birmingham Highway to C2, urges attention to buffers and stream protection

Opelika Planning Commission · April 28, 2026

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Summary

Commission recommended City Council rezone 18.34 acres along Birmingham Highway from R4 to C2 rather than C3 after neighbors requested protected buffers, creek preservation and limits on high‑intensity uses; staff explained rezoning conditions are limited but site plans and buffers will apply during development review.

The commission voted to send a positive recommendation to City Council to rezone an 18.34‑acre parcel on the 3400 block of Birmingham Highway from R4 (residential) to C2 (office/retail), after hearing extensive neighborhood concern about buffers, preservation of a creek that bisects the property,…

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