Fairhope, Alabama
FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW
Mayor Kant proposed the Planning Commission form a new committee to recommend ways to go about updating the city's comprehensive growth plan (click).
He said the committee was needed to work with City Planner Johnathan Smith to "put in place a procedure to select somebody to help us with that."
Kant made a motion for the chairman of the Planning Commission to appoint the committee (presumably at its August meeting); and it was approved unanimously.
(Kant has previously indicated that the Alabama Communities of Excellence Program (click) could be of assistance in updating the plan)
GREENO ROAD REZONING AN ISSUE
One of the issues to be considered during the review will be the controversial question of changing the residential zoning along North Greeno Rd. to some sort of commercial -- as requested by most of the property owners there.
Other citizens elsewhere in town worry about turning the city's entrance into another commercial corridor like Mobile's notorious Airport Blvd. or Daphne's Hamburger Hill (Hwy 98) -- and how new commercial zoning may eventually affect the old downtown.
The current comprehensive plan encourages commercial village centers at major intersections rather than all along the major roads.
Streamlining the plan to make it more business-friendly has also been mentioned as a goal of the review.
(Note: The Times has learned a Family Fun Center has expressed interest in property on Greeno near Volanta Park)
FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW
Mayor Kant proposed the Planning Commission form a new committee to recommend ways to go about updating the city's comprehensive growth plan (click).
He said the committee was needed to work with City Planner Johnathan Smith to "put in place a procedure to select somebody to help us with that."
Kant made a motion for the chairman of the Planning Commission to appoint the committee (presumably at its August meeting); and it was approved unanimously.
(Kant has previously indicated that the Alabama Communities of Excellence Program (click) could be of assistance in updating the plan)
GREENO ROAD REZONING AN ISSUE
One of the issues to be considered during the review will be the controversial question of changing the residential zoning along North Greeno Rd. to some sort of commercial -- as requested by most of the property owners there.
Other citizens elsewhere in town worry about turning the city's entrance into another commercial corridor like Mobile's notorious Airport Blvd. or Daphne's Hamburger Hill (Hwy 98) -- and how new commercial zoning may eventually affect the old downtown.
The current comprehensive plan encourages commercial village centers at major intersections rather than all along the major roads.
Streamlining the plan to make it more business-friendly has also been mentioned as a goal of the review.(Note: The Times has learned a Family Fun Center has expressed interest in property on Greeno near Volanta Park)
Comments
We have a good comprehensive plan and need to enforce it.
Good job mayor and council.