Since I was curious as to why city staff recommended again the rezoning at last night's planning commission meeting, I swung by the planning dept. this morning to clarify the city's reasoning.
According to city planner Chris Wallace, the main reason city staff opposed the rezoning was the plan for the two lots adjacent to the Stiegal Road/Hwy 13 intersection. The city wanted those lots retained for business development, as the lots on the other corners of the intersection have been developed. Under the revised plan presented last night, the developer agreed to keep them available for business/office space development, but only until the other apartments were completed. If they had not sold for business use by then, the developer wanted to retain the option to put apartments on them. Without a firm commitment from the developer, the city staff felt supporting the rezoning was not in the city's best interest and the commission voted against it 6-1, with John Hunsaker the lone vote in favor.
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