Council downzones 908 South 7th Street to single-family only, at the owning family's request

The council approved rezoning the home at 908 South 7th Street from R2 — which allows both single-family homes and multi-unit housing — to R1, reserved for single-family use only, after the Area Plan Commission gave it a favorable recommendation with conditions. ▶︎ 0:12:05 — open the recording, cued to 12 minutes 5 seconds

The family that has lived in the house for generations asked for the downzoning themselves, telling the council it's a symbolic stand for the single-family character of Farrington's Grove: "We are down zoning to single family because that's what this house represents." ▶︎ 0:13:56 — open the recording, cued to 13 minutes 56 seconds

This is the second time the rezoning has come before the council: in August, the Area Plan Commission couldn't issue any recommendation at all after a meeting-time mixup left the family locked out of its hearing. ▶︎ 0:42:20 — open the recording, cued to 42 minutes 20 seconds