Have a better process for zoning changes
In Thursday’s Sentinel, in an article titled “Holland Planning Commission delays UDO hearing,” senior city planner Jenna Elswick said the proposed zoning changes are not a "rezoning," but rather a change in zoning standards. This is an inaccurate and misleading statement. For example, several vacant properties that lie between Paw Paw Drive and Chicago Drive are currently zoned AGR (Agricultural). Under the proposed changes, all of these properties will be “up-zoned” to Low Density Residential. The article goes on to say that “many of Holland’s zone districts are also propose...