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Neighbors say rezoning would be 'spot zoning'; attorney urges denial
Summary
Opponents led by attorney Dan Cyr told the commission a rezoning at 1335 Greasy Creek Road would be an improper carve‑out in a largely residential corridor and would open the site to uses beyond the current petitioner.
At the Feb. 24 hearing several residents and legal counsel asked the planning commission to deny the rezoning request for 1335 Greasy Creek Road, describing the application as an example of spot zoning.
Dan Cyr, an attorney representing Debbie Rogers, told commissioners the staff report’s map shows every parcel fronting Greasy Creek Road is zoned R‑1 or floodplain except for a single Schultz parcel. “A man bought a residential property. He was told it was residential. He was told a zoning violation already existed. He bought it anyway,” Cyr said. He argued the comprehensive plan calls for protecting the integrity of residential areas and that General Business (GB) zoning would allow a wide range of commercial and light industrial uses.
Several nearby residents testified they had signed a petition opposing the change and cited increased truck traffic on the road and unresolved enforcement of previous illegal uses on nearby parcels. Debbie Rogers and Brandon Harris emphasized long histories of complaints and urged the commission to preserve the residential corridor. Commissioners acknowledged those concerns during deliberations, repeatedly returning to issues of spot zoning, enforcement and whether site‑specific commitments could practically limit future uses.
