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Council permits advertising of rezoning; Dunbar neighborhood concern raised
Summary
Council granted permission to advertise a rezoning ordinance and a related voluntary annexation; a council member raised concerns that moving light-industrial parcels to heavy-industrial city zoning near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd could affect the Dunbar neighborhood and urged codifying protections in the comprehensive plan.
City Attorney Grant Alley read titles for permission-to-advertise ordinances related to Cleveland Avenue redevelopment and a rezoning request to convert about 6.7 acres from county light-industrial to city heavy-industrial zoning near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The council voted to permit advertising; the actual rezoning will be considered at a later quasi-judicial public hearing.
A council member raised concerns about the rezoning's proximity to the historically Dunbar neighborhood and cautioned that more industrial zoning could encircle the community. "We really have to think about that," the council member said, urging the council to codify protections in the comprehensive plan and land-development code before approving changes.
A different council member clarified that the measure under consideration was a change from county to city zoning following a voluntary annexation and that the substantive rezoning decision will be addressed during the public hearing process. The council emphasized the matter remains subject to public hearing procedures and legal disclosures; no final rezoning was approved at the meeting.
