Meanwhile, city commissioners directed city staff and the Planning Board to discuss conditional rezoning and what it means for Birmingham.
A controversial apartment project in Birmingham's Little San Francisco neighborhood won't be moving forward after all — at least for now. On Monday night, the Birmingham City Commission denied a request to rezone the empty lot at 404 Park St., located at the corner of Oakland and Woodward, from single family residential to general business. However, city commissioners were clear: this isn't the last time we'll be discussing either this neighborhood, this lot or rezoning. Plans for the empty lot at 404 Park St. called for the construction of an apartment complex led by the development firm Burton-Katzman. Original plans first introduced to the Planning Board in September 2012 featured 14 rental units. On Monday night, the final plans called…
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The Planning Board delayed a decision on whether to rezone a property at 404 Park St. from residential to general business.
Wednesday was the second time plans for a new apartment building on Park Street came before the city, and for the second time, Birmingham residents made it very clear: they're not happy. Plans for a multi-family development at 404 Park St. were again delayed during Wednesday night's Planning Board meeting, with the city asking for more details and more compromises in light of loud criticism from neighbors. On Wednesday, LPR Properties, owner of the vacant double lot at 404 Park St. — which borders Park Street, Oakland Avenue and Woodward Avenue — asked the Planning Board to consider rezoning the lot from R2 (single family residential) to B2C, or general business. According to the plans, rezoning the property would free the developer from …
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7:31 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
I have never heard the term Little Sanfrancisco neighborhood in Birmingham... Why is it called that? more ›