Alexander Planning Commission special meeting Tuesday

The City of Alexander Planning Commission will hold a special meeting Tuesday, January 14 at 6:30 PM in the courtroom at city hall. The public is invited to attend.

Planning commission members will revisit a new ordinance that will replace an existing ordinance which sets standards for the placing of used manufactured homes in Alexander. After commission members recommended sending the new ordinance to the council at the December planning meeting, Chairman Michael Huck discovered some inconsistencies and conflicts with the ordinance that establishes construction and permit fees. The existing ordinance is being replaced to match new zoning requirements established in 2019.

Another item on the agenda is the updating of an existing ordinance which sets construction permit fees. The goal is to bring all residential housing categories; site-built, manufactured home and modular home; under one ordinance.

Finally, there will be a discussion of the city rezoning the former Human Development Center property along Highway 111 in South Alexander. The state deeded the property to the city in early 2018 and city officials want it developed for commercial use. Mayor Paul Mitchell has proposed rezoning the property now, to insure its future use, rather than gambling on what a developer will do after ownership changes hands.