City-Wide Rezoning Deferred

    With nearly 100 in attendance at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, the primary concerns voiced by Central property owners were to protect the zoning of existing businesses and objections to rezoning all rural property to require three acre lot sizes.
    Council Members listened to public comment and debated for over an hour, and several commented that they had been contacted by a number of citizens prior to the meeting.  In the end, Council Member DeJohn successfully moved to defer the vote until June and after holding public workshop to discuss the issues raised during the meeting.
    DeJohn also suggested two compromises to be considered.  First, that only those areas directly impacted by flooding and affecting drainage flow be rezoned to 3 acre minimum lot sizes, with the rest of Central’s rural property retaining one acre minimums.  Second, to leave all existing commercial zoning and commercial conditional uses in place.  Watch Central Speaks for a date and time for the workshop to discuss this issue.