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STEUBENVILLE – City Council nixed a property owner’s request Tuesday to rezone a parcel on Lincoln Avenue so he can start a storage business there.
Council voted 7-0 to accept the Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendation to deny Phamassociates’ owner Frank Vostatek’s request to reclassify a site at 1028 Lincoln Ave. from medium density residential (R-2) to general commercial and industrial (I-1).
Vostatek said he figured to build between 60 and 80 storage units, telling council he’d need a 35 percent occupancy rate to break even.
Prior to the vote, Vostatek had reminded council his wouldn’t be the only business in the neighborhood.