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STAUNTON Storage units will not be coming to the former Big Lots shopping center in Staunton s west end.
Staunton City Council voted during its Thursday night meeting to deny the rezoning request 7-0.
Owner Joe Harding was attempting to get his shopping center, Chestnut Hills, rezoned from general business to light industrial, according to city documents.
Staunton City Council held a public hearing on potentially changing the zoning for the west end shopping center Thursday night. According to Staunton City Council member Brenda Mead, there was a lot of people who spoke in opposition of the rezoning. Many young people who live in the West End. Business people with shops in the West End spoke in opposition, she said.
May 11, 2021 | 7:50 AM
(OLNEY) The Olney City Council met in regular session last night. The Council : approved the payment of all bills as presented : followed the recommendation of the City’s Plan Commission and approved the rezoning of property at 1517 and 1519 South Whittle Avenue from M-1 (Light Industrial District) to C-2 (Commercial District) : approved the $227,227 bid from Samron Midwest Contracting to replace the main structure of the Elliott Street Bridge over the railroad tracks : on a 3 to 2 vote, rejected proposed boat regulations and the prohibition of wake-surfing on all of Olney’s lakes : took no action on options to repair the historic fountain in the Olney City Park with another proposal to be considered : renewed an agreement with IDOT concerning the signal lights along Illinois Route 130 : approved changes and increases for the City’s Boat Fees and Permit Classes : agreed to allow the solicitation of Poppy Day donations at the Main Street and East Street i
Old Big Lots shopping center in Staunton s west end could become storage units if rezoned
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STAUNTON Could new life be brought into the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center? Not if adding storage units to an abandoned shopping center is new life. That s what is proposed if the center is rezoned from general business to light industrial, according to city documents.
Staunton City Council will be holding a public hearing on potentially changing the zoning for the west end shopping center this Thursday.
The shopping center has been a big point of discussions for several years. It s been essentially empty since 2019, leaving the west end of the city with a gaping hole in retail and development opportunities.
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The commission will consider the following subdivision plat/s:
A. P-21-04 The Trails at Tascosa Golf Club Unit No. 2, an addition to the city of Amarillo, being an unplatted tract of land in Section 11, Block 9, BS&F Survey, Potter County. Vicinity: Western Street and Amarillo Boulevard. Applicant/s: John Dunn for Tascosa Development, LLC.
The Amarillo City Council approved the second reading of a rezoning ordinance during Tuesday s virtual regular session to change from Light Industrial District to Manufactured Home District. City council members adopted Ordinance 7899 in the vicinity of North Forest Street and NW 12th Avenue with a 4-1 vote. The applicant is requesting the rezone from Light Industrial I to Manufactured Home District, with the intent of developing a combination of manufactured homes and single-family homes, Andrew Freeman, the city s managing director of Planning and Development Services, said, noting the applicant is Josh Langham with Llano Construction Company, LLC.
Per Freeman, the adjacent land uses include vacant land to the north and east, the Amarillo Area Center for Advanced Learning to the south and various commercial and vacant land to the west. The zoning surrounding is Agricultural District to the northeast, Light Industrial to the south, and Planned Development / Agricultur