Planning commission recommends rezoning small parcel at 120 Palm Street to avoid split zoning

Stephanie Leaf, planning and zoning director, presented ZM-25-32, a rezoning request affecting a 20-by-65-foot portion of formerly abandoned 1st Avenue now incorporated into the lot at 120 Palm Street in the Glen Haven neighborhood. Leaf explained the right-of-way had been abandoned in 2017 and that the parcel currently contains split zoning (R-6 adjacent to local commercial). She said the replat in 2025 combined the right-of-way into the property but left a split zone that could limit commercial use unless rezoned.

Leaf told commissioners that if the IPC does not modify buffer requirements, any commercial use would require a 12-foot-wide landscape buffer with a 6-foot fence or a 20-foot buffer. Tommy Stroud, the applicant, was present and said staff presented the application well. Staff reported they had received no written public comments or opposition.

Commissioner (unnamed) moved to recommend approval of ZM-25-32 as presented; the motion was seconded and passed unanimously. The recommendation will be forwarded to the Board of Commissioners for final action.