Tuscaloosa Planning Commission rejects rezoning bid for student apartments
Tuscaloosa developer Stan Pate is facing another difficult path in his quest to rezone a vacant 7.28-acre tract off Rice Mine Road.
His latest request to rezone the property located south of 1050 McFarland Blvd. NE between Rice Mine Road Loop and McFarland Boulevard Northeast was met Monday with an 8-0 vote by the Planning and Zoning Commission recommending against rezoning the tract.
Pate can now urge the Tuscaloosa City Council to go against the planning commission’s recommendation, something the longtime developer said he intends to do.
“I’m a property owner rights guy,” Pate said. “They (the Planning and Zoning Commission) don’t deter me from working toward a landowner’s rights.”
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