Rezone 25-REN-04 — Marian Anderson Place Brownfield Site
Description
First reading passed for rezoning 9.22 acres from commercial-residential to industrial general, with expanded proffers banning recycling and rock-crushing as primary or open-air uses; data center language deferred to a future citywide policy.
Impact summary
Opens the Newtown-adjacent site to industrial uses, but only with health-and-safety conditions shaped by neighborhood concerns.
Applicant
- Name
- Barron Channer, agent for Newtown Gateway LLC
- Address
- 2046 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. WaySee this on the map
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · City Commission
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 5, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
City Commission (Regular) - Oct 5, 2026
The Commission gave final approval to rezone about 9.22 acres of the brownfield site from Commercial Residential to Industrial General, keeping the negotiated ban on open-air trash processing and rock/concrete crushing.
City Commission (Regular) - Sep 8, 2026
First reading passed for rezoning 9.22 acres from commercial-residential to industrial general, with expanded proffers banning recycling and rock-crushing as primary or open-air uses; data center language deferred to a future citywide policy.
Related issues (1)
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