Rezone Quotes

We want to do small changes at a time. Rather than rezone all the way to Carey Park, we'll do maybe two blocks, a little at a time. - Kenny Cook

This has some implications to developments statewide that developers have to do the proper public environmental disclosure process before they ask permission to rezone or redevelop. - Jeff Mikulina

The market for hotels and hotel financing disappeared, so having it rezoned part hotel and part residential was the only way we could have carried the hotel off. - Kathleen Webb

National retail is Target and Wal-Mart, and we'll never have that kind of retail here, not that we'd turn them away, but because there is no place to put it. We'd have to rezone West Berkeley to accommodate that kind of store, and we won't do that. It's got to be relatively small shops, most likely independent. - Dave Fogarty

My job is to protect student's rights. As was dictated to me by the University Interscholastic League (UIL), the UIL states that when school boards rezone, the students are given the opportunity to go to their newly zoned school or stay at their old school. - Joe Rodriguez

Jack Reynolds (the developer's attorney) told me that a simple language change in their development proposal resulted in the need to rezone the site. They changed the language from 'senior living' to 'age-restricted' and apparently, doing so requires a rezoning if they want to develop the site in the way that they propose. - Jeff Murray

If a property doesn't need to be rezoned, this comprehensive plan amendment will not have a big effect. - Bruce McClendon

I don't believe you should give up this community for this building. If you rezone this thing to M-1, you would be signing the death warrant for this community. - Ralph White