Common Council Approves Rezoning Of Parcel Near Midway/Plank Roundabout From Single-Family To Multi-Family Over Opposition From Neighbors

The Common Council met 04/17/2024. One of the items separated out for an individual vote was the request to rezone a parcel of land near the Midway/Plank Road roundabout from R1-A Single Family District to R-3 Multi-Family District. This rezoning was also the subject of […]

Common Council Meeting 04/17/2024 – Will Finalize Council Rules For New Council Year, Vote On Midway/Plank Rezoning Request Opposed By Neighbors, Preliminary Plat For Lumbini Estates Subdivision

The Common Council is meeting 04/17/2024. They will hold a formal organizational meeting at 6PM and then follow that up with the regular Common Council meeting at 7PM. At the organizational meeting, they will vote on the proposed rule changes they discussed informally during their […]

City Plan Commission Approves Rezoning Of Parcel By Midway/Plank Roundabout From Single-Family To Multi-Family Residential – Neighborhood Residents Express Opposition

The City Plan Commission met 03/27/2024. They had one action item and associated public hearing which was a request to approve the rezoning of a parcel near the Midway Road/Plank Road roundabout from R-1A Single-Family District to R-3 Multi-Family District. Though not a part of […]

City Plan Commission Meeting 03/13/2024 – Will Vote On Rezoning Request For Property On Green Bay Road

The City Plan Commission is meeting 03/13/2024 at 3:30 PM. They have one action item and one associated public hearing on their agenda. That is a request to approve the rezoning of a property on N Green Bay Road near E Washington Street.  Per the […]

City Plan Commission Meeting 12/13/2023 – Will Vote On Rezoning Request For Wisconsin Avenue Parcels, Dedication Of Land For Public Trails In Southpoint Commerce Park

The City Plan Commission is meeting 12/13/2023 at 3:30PM. They will be holding a public hearing and then voting on a request to rezone three parcels between Union Street, Lawe Street, and Wisconsin Avenue from C-2 General Commercial District to C-1 Neighborhood Mixed Use District. […]

City Plan Commission Approves Rezoning Of Prospera-owned Lots From Residential And Agricultural To Commercial

The City Plan Commission met 09/27/2023. It was a brief meeting lasting only 14 minutes. About half of it was taken up with the public hearing, discussion, and vote on the request by Prospera Credit Union to rezone the parcels they owned at 4704 N […]

City Plan Commission Approves Special Use Permits For Two Bars, Rezoning Request For Lawrence-Owned Properties That Will Facilitate Mixed-Use Development

The City Plan Commission met 06/14/2023. They took up four items, two were special use permits for a couple bars, and two were related to a rezoning request by Lawrence University for university-owned properties along College Avenue. Lawrence is looking to develop a mixed-use project […]

Common Council Unanimously Approves Rezoning Of Seville Properties Annexation From Ag Agricultural District To R-3 Multifamily District

The Common Council met 05/17/2023. One of the items that garnered public feedback and was separated out for an individual vote was the request to rezone the Seville Properties annexation near the corner of Ballard and Werner roads from Temporary AG Agricultural district to an […]

Plan Commission Approves Rezoning Of Seville Properties On Ballard And Werner Roads, Annexation Of Land Along Providence Avenue and Baldeagle Drive

The City Plan Commission met 04/26/2023. It was a brief meeting in which they took up two items. One was a request to rezone the Seville Properties Annexation on the north west corner of the intersection of Ballard and Werner Roads from Temporary AG Agricultural […]

Alderperson Denise Fenton’s Response To Post About Apostolic Truth Church Rezoning

Back on September 15, I posted about the issues and oddities surrounding the rezoning of the Apostolic Truth Church. On 09/16/2022 Alderperson Denise Fenton (District 6) sent an email to me responding to that post in which she responded to a number of points in […]