DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — The Decatur Town Council as soon as once more not on time the vote on a rewrite to the tide zoning ordinance to redevelop Downtown Decatur.
It’s been just about 70 years because the town up to date its current zoning code and and not using a making plans director in playground, some council participants imagine they will have to additional prolong balloting on a rewrite till that place is stuffed.
Throughout the ordinary town council assembly on Nov. 4, Councilman Billy Jackson instructed that you’ll want to rent a seek company to search out applicants for the making plans director place. Town has now not had a making plans director in over a decade.
A unanimous vote is had to approve the zoning rewrite, however Decatur Town Council President Jacob Ladner and fellow town leaders agree that you’ll want to desk the vote.
“The thought was why don’t we postpone it a few months to see if that person is on board they can at least take a look at the new zoning ordinance and make any changes that they feel like need to be made and then we can get it implemented,” Ladner informed Information 19. “I think we did that and put it in March so if we’re not close to getting a planning director at that time we’ll probably go ahead and adopt it.”
The aim of the zoning ordinance revision is to handle the town’s redesign tendencies and correct park importance for the ones designs.
A coalition of Decatur citizens who snatch an pastime in how the town is operated perceived the rewrite as a hurry to reinforce the town. Those self same public have additionally raised issues over diverse attractions within the rewrite together with renter’s rights and build-to-rent homes.
Town can’t go ahead with any year redevelopment till that ordinance is handed via the council which is now anticipated to be voted on in early March.
