"If successful, several addresses around the school, which is located at 2406 Rosewood Avenue, would go from single family residential zoning to general commercial services-mixed use zoning. City staff recommends the change, writing in their report that it would allow for a "reasonable use" of the property and noting it buttressed by nearby commercial services-mixed use zonings. Some neighbors who spoke at the meeting, however, disagreed."
"One was Christopher Page, a neighbor with the Homewood Heights Neighborhood Association, who served as the primary speaker against the rezoning. He listed several examples of land use decisions Rosewood residents have "suffered" from, including the nearby 2023 upzoning of the former site of Space 12 on East 12th Street, which he noted had yet to result in any redevelopment."
Planning Commission recommended rezoning the former Rosewood Elementary site at 2406 Rosewood Avenue from single-family residential to general commercial services-mixed use, moving the property closer to potential redevelopment. City staff recommended the change, arguing it would allow a reasonable use of the property and noting similar nearby zonings. Several neighbors objected to commercial zoning for addresses that open onto Sol Wilson Avenue and expressed concern about granting greater entitlements without a redevelopment plan. Neighbor Christopher Page cited past upzonings that produced no redevelopment but said the neighborhood could accept redevelopment if the school building is preserved and compromises are reached.
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