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Let’s replacing zoning in name only with no zoning at all

C.J. Summers has been attending meetings and doing good work on the Main Street Commons issue. Basically, some developers want to turn the former Walgreens at the corner of Bourland and West Main Street into a condominium project catering to Bradley students. In order to do the project as envisioned, they are going to seen some zoning variances.
As is usually the case with these sorts of things, the project as originally described back when the developers brought it up isn’t exactly what is appearing on paper. The neighbors are opposed — well, some of them — and don;t want the variances to be granted.
C.J. doesn’t like some of the variances and says the project should be changed. That didn’t happen and he’s ticked off.
It passed the Zoning Commission with next to no deliberation. Marj Klise was the only “no” vote. One of the commissioners said that provisions in the Land [...]

Original post by Billy Dennis

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