Wick/Holland rezoning

The applicant's zoning attorney argued the city's master plan already designates the site heavy industrial, so light industrial is more protective, and site plan questions can be answered later.

A resident of Beverly Road questioned why the council stayed silent on the issue, asked why it wasn't a conditional rezoning, and called on Chairman Johnson to recuse himself because he lives in the neighborhood.

A Holland Road resident living next to the site said the community values its quiet, rural character and asked the council to deny the rezoning and instead fill existing vacant industrial buildings.

He argued the traffic study understated the project, saying a high-cube cold storage facility would generate hundreds of trips a day on roads where residents already wait 10-15 minutes to turn onto Wick Road.

A fuel hauler on Wick Road said refrigeration trailers already beep all night from a nearby facility and warned the roads can't handle more truck traffic.

She asked procedural questions to confirm that the second reading vote was final and whether the project had actually been postponed.