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Commission recommends rezoning on South First Avenue to allow multifamily units
Summary
The commission recommended rezoning portions of parcels at 1302 and 1308 South First Avenue from C2 highway commercial to R2 multi‑family to correct split zoning and permit additional apartments; adjacent property owner raised lot‑line and access concerns.
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend that City Council rezone portions of Graham County parcels (addresses 1302 and 1308 South First Avenue) from C2 (highway commercial) to R2 (multiple-family residential).
Staff said the properties are currently split-zoned and that rezoning would correct split zoning and allow multi-family development next to similar existing apartments. "This property is currently split zoned C2 and R2 ... staff is recommending that the Planning and Zoning commission recommend to city council to rezone portions of Graham County parcels ... from the C2 Highway commercial District to the R2 multiple family residential district," staff stated.
Applicant Russ Webster, who said he bought the 1308 apartments in about 2017, told commissioners he plans either fourplexes or mixed-use configurations and emphasized steady rental demand: "We've been running them for a period of time and the opportunity came to purchase the other property there ... we would like to make a property there that's accessible to the people that need a place to live." Webster said he is not planning to demolish current occupied apartments but wants zoning consistency to enable additional units.
Christopher McDonald, an adjoining property owner, raised concerns about historical lot-line changes, an incorrectly placed chain-link fence, and ingress/egress onto Highway 191, and asked the commission to consider property-line verification and access implications. McDonald asked the commission to note that some lot lines in the area were changed decades ago and that recorded maps may not reflect long-standing fences or physical boundaries.
Commissioners reiterated that traffic and engineering questions (sidewalks, access, and right-of-way) are addressed in the development-review phase and through coordination with state highway authorities when Highway 191 access is involved. The commission moved, seconded and voted to recommend the zoning change to City Council; the recommendation will be forwarded for council public hearing and final action.
