PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA February 28,2023 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Planning Commission of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, shall meet on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at 5 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the City Administration Building located at 308 Fountain Circle for the purpose of holding a public hearing. At this time, all persons who desire shall have an opportunity of being heard in opposition to or in favor of the following:
I. ZONING
1. YOUNG ZONING(2304)
Located: On the east side of US Hwy 431 S and west of Wade Rd. Proposed Zoning: Highway Business C-4 District (4.50 acres) Plat restriction offered: uRestricted to prohibit Multi-family dwellings.
2. JORDAN LANE REZONING (2302)
Located: On the west side of Jordan Lane, south of Holmes Avenue, and north of I-565 Requested Zoning: from Residence 1-B District to Neighborhood Business C-1 District (2.14 acres)
3. MEMORIAL PKWY REZONING (2303)
Located: On the east side of Memorial Parkway, south of Clinton Avenue, and north of Bob Wallace Avenue.
Requested Zoning: from Residence 1-B, General Business C-3, and Heavy Industry districts to Residence 2-A and Highway Business C-4 districts (80.45 acres)
II. LOCATION, CHARACTER, AND EXTENT
1. DRAKE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WORKFORCE SKILLS TRAINING CENTER (#961) Location: Northwest City, northwest intersection of McDonnel Avenue and Meridian Street
2. UAH STUDENT PARKING (#962)
Location: Northwest City, west of Jordan Lane and south of Holmes Avenue
Any inquiries concerning these items may be directed to the City of Huntsville Planning Department at (256) 427-5100.
RESOLUTION NO. 23-77
WHEREAS, certain property has recently been annexed to the City of Huntsville, Alabama; and
WHEREAS, said property is now legally part of the incorporated municipality of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, and as such is subject to the laws and ordinances governing the City of Huntsville, Alabama; and WHEREAS, said property, having been outside the boundaries of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, prior to the annexing of same to the City of Huntsville, Alabama, has never been subject to the Zoning Ordinances of the City of Huntsville, Alabama; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, has given consideration to an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, a synopsis of said amendment being as follows:
(1) The zoning of 3.47acres of land lying on the north side of Winchester Rd and east of Bradford Ln. to High- way Business C-4 District.
(2) The first publication of this resolution, this synopsis, and the ordinance hereinafter set out at length shall be in the Speakin’ Out News on the 22nd day of February, 2023, and the second publication shall
be one week thereafter on the 1st day of March, 2023, both of which publications shall be at least 15 days in advance of the date of the public hearing hereinafter referred to.
WHEREAS, it is the judgement and opinion of the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, that consideration should be given to the adoption of an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, in accordance with said request;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, as follows:
1. That the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, shall meet at 5:30p.m. on the 23rd day of March, 2023, in the Council Chambers of the City of Huntsville Administration Building at 308 Fountain Circle in the City of Huntsville, Alabama, for the purpose of holding a public hearing at which time and place all persons, parties in interest and cities who desire, shall have an opportunity to be heard in opposition to or in favor of said Ordinance No. 23-78, which is introduced by the City Council of the City of Huntsville on the 9th day of February, 2023, amending the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Huntsville, Alabama.
2. That the proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, is substantially in words and figures as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 23-78
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
The public welfare requiring it, and under authority granted by Section 11-52-78 of the 1975 Code of Alabama, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City of Huntsville, Alabama, as follows:
1. That the following area, land lying on the north side of Winchester Rd and east of Bradford Ln., which area is a newly annexed area of the City of Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, and which has not been zoned previously, shall be shown and classified on the Official Zon- ing Maps of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, as Highway Business C-4 District, in the Zoning Ordinances of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, said property being particularly described as follows:
All that part of Sections 34 and 35, Township 2 South, Range 1 east of the Huntsville Meridian, in the City of Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, more particularly described as beginning at a point located at the Southeast corner of said Section 34; thence North 4 Degrees 53 Minutes 34 Seconds West 174.00 feet to a point; said point is further described as the Point of True Beginning; thence North 1 Degrees 3 Minutes 54 Seconds East 698.39 feet to a point; thence South 89 Degrees 6 Minutes 10 Seconds East 231.37 feet to a point; thence South 0 Degrees 11 Minutes 39 Seconds West 434.41 feet to a point; thence South 1 Degrees 50 Minutes 30 Seconds East 140.17 feet to a point; thence South 63 Degrees 26 Minutes 6 Seconds West 69.88 feet to a point; thence South 64 Degrees 5 Minutes 37 Seconds West 101.33 feet to a point; thence South 64 Degrees 30 Minutes 43 Seconds West 103.79 feet to the Point of True Beginning and containing 3.47 acres more or less.
2. The boundaries of the above district as described and defined above are hereby established and shall be shown on the Official Zoning Maps of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, on file in the Planning Division of the Urban Development Department, in accordance with the various classifications herein enumerated and hereafter the regulations govern- ing said district under the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, shall apply to the area so described.
3. This ordinance shall take effect from and after the date of publication.
ORDINANCE NO. 23-78 (Cont.)
ADOPTED this the 9th day of February 2023.
APPROVED this the 9th day of February, 2023.
RESOLUTION NO. 23-77 (Cont.)
ADOPTED this the 9th day of February, 2023.
/s/ John Meredith
President of the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Alabama
APPROVED this the 9th day of February, 2023.
/s/ Tommy Battle
Mayor of the City of Huntsville, Alabama