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Minutes for the MAPC meeting on January 14, 2003.
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Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Minutes, January 14, 2003
MEMBERS PRESENT: Beadles, Vance, Damron, Gott, Moore, Johnson, Day
MEMBERS ABSENT: Krennerich
OTHERS PRESENT: Glenn Batten, City Planner; Phillip Crego, City Attorney; Claude Martin, City Engineer; Teddy Hooton, City Engineer; Brian Wadley, Planning Coordinator
Marvin Day was welcomed as a recent appointment by Judge Haas to the Commission.
The minutes of the December 10, 2002 meeting were approved on a motion by Mr. Damron, second by Ms. Moore and unanimous vote.
#1 RZ03-1 Roy and Nell Bearden requested approval of rezoning from the Residential R-1, Single Family Medium Density District to the Commercial C-3, Limited Use Overlay District for Lots 6-9, and lots 20 and 21 in Block A of Benton’s Subdivision. The general location of the property is in the 5400 block of Southwest Drive, on the northwest side of Southwest Drive, south of Johnwood Drive.
Skip Mooney, Sr., Attorney for the Beardens, stated that his clients had been trying for some time to get this rezoning approved. The Beardens acquired the property in the 1960’s while it was in the County. It was subsequently annexed in 1989 with many other acres of property and was zoned R-1 as was all of the property annexed. No offers on the property to date for use as residential property. A few months ago an offer was made to buy the property if it were rezoned but that petition failed. Construction is underway and will be completed that will convert Southwest Drive from a two lane highway to a five lane highway. Mr. Mooney contended that the highest and best use of the property is commercial. They are proposing a limited use stipulation that would limit the use of the property and make it more compatible with the surrounding residences. The complexion of the area has changed from the rural setting that it used to be considering the road improvements and the announcement o...
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