1. PUBLIC HEARING on a WRITTEN MOTION, Council President Lopes, requesting that the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board review the following request to rezone properties shown on Assessors Map as Map 31, Lot 142 (13 Rivet Street); Map 31, Lot 143 (1 Rivet Street); Map 31, Lot 197 (371, 383 R South Front Street); Map 31, Lot 232 (756 South Water Street); and Map 31, Lot 239 (56 Potomska Street) from Industrial B to Mixed-Use Business. (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board.) (Ref’d 09/09/2021) (Duly advertised in The Standard-Times on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 and Wednesday, November 03, 2021.)
1a. COMMUNICATION, Jennifer Carloni, Director, City Planning, to Councillor Hugh Dunn, Chairman, Committee on Ordinances, advising that the Planning Board held a public hearing on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, to discuss the request by City Councillor Joseph P. Lopes to rezone from Industrial-B (IB) to Mixed-Use Business (MUB) of the properties shown on the Assessor’s Map as Map 31, Lot 142 (13 Rivet Street); Map 31, Lot 143 (1 Rivet Street), Map 31, Lot 197 (371, 383 R South Front Street); Map 31, Lot 232 (756 South Water Street); and Map 31, Lot 239 (56 Potomska Street); the Planning Board voted to send a FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION, recommending that the City Council approve the request to rezone the properties shown on the Assessor’s Map as Map 31, Lot 142 (13 Rivet Street); Map 31, Lot 143 (1 Rivet Street); Map 31, Lot 197 (371, 383 R South Front Street); Map 31, Lot 232 (756 South Water Street); and Map 31, Lot 239 (56 Potomska Street) from Industrial-B (IB) to Mixed-Use Business (MUB). (Ref’d 10/19/2021)