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Spencer City Council Upholds P & Z Recommendation To Deny Re-Zoning Request On North Grand Avenue

August 04, 2020

(Spencer)– The Spencer City Council Monday upheld a Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation to deny a re-zoning request for 1018 North Grand Avenue from residential to commercial. Dr. Dennis Zylstra requested the change…Re-Zoning denied01 

“Every property from downtown to the corner of 11th and Grand, where my property is, is already zoned C-1 Commercial.”

A neighbor expressed her opposition to the requested change…Re-Zoning denied02 

“I urge you as a neighbor, but also as a part of the entire Grand Avenue neighborhood, as well as a Spencer citizen, I urge you to reaffirm the commitment that you’ve already made, and that is to sustain and enhance the residential and historic character of residential Grand.”

The council’s vote to uphold the recommendation denying the requested change was unanimous.