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Because the petition was opposed by
adjoining property owners, the request needed seven votes
(two-thirds majority) to pass. An absence is an automatic vote
against. At the last voting session Alderman David Armbrust was
absent.
Suella Tucker led the opposition by
neighbors who will be affected by the development of the property.
She tried finding a number of ways to keep the property for
residential use, including discussions last week with the property
owner, Cindy Goodman, and zoning officer Les Last about whether the
property might qualify for special use. City Attorney Bill Bates was
consulted. The property cannot qualify for special use.
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The aldermen have received lots of
communications from citizens, and the responses were overwhelmingly
in favor of permitting the rezoning from R-2 to C-2 to show support
of local business development.
Taken to a vote, the petition passed
100 percent by the full council.
The council will be presented an
ordinance to pass to finalize the request.
For past
articles on the issue, see
"Rezoning request rankles residents."
[Jan
Youngquist]
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