The proposed ordinance to rezone 38 Prospect from R-1 to C-3 was on the council table Monday, and Planning Chair Melissa Greene said there was new information to add to the mix. The neighbors at 40 Prospect, the only other non-C-3 property in the vicinity, had originally not wanted to be rezoned because of a possible increase in insurance, but alderman Terry McClung had checked and determined there would be no increase for 40 Prospect, so the owners were amenable with being rezoned.
Council wrangled over whether to handle one and then the other, or both together. Alderman Kristi Kendrick asked if council wanted to include 40 Prospect in the ordinance, would the property owners have to go through the entire process of rezoning, which included notifying nearby neighbors and waiting 30 days.
From the outset, McClung commented it would be a cleaner deal if council dealt with both properties in the same ordinance, and he moved to rezone both 38 and 40 Prospect as C-3.
Byron McKimmey, owner of 38 Prospect, said he and his wife had done everything they had been asked to do, and he preferred to get his application approved and council could then take care of the other property.
City Attorney Weaver pointed out that to accomplish McClung’s motion, the applicant at 40 Prospect would still need to notify nearby neighbors. He also stated it would be better to take care of both properties at one time, so aldermen voted to recodify both properties in one ordinance which Weaver would have to redraft.