We will call to order the zoning and planning commission meeting for Joplin, Missouri, Monday, February 9th, 2026.

Would you please call roll?

Mr.

Kimball.

Present.

Ms.

Clue Michael.

Present.

Dr.

Rosenberg.

Present.

Ms.

Phillips.

Present.

Ms.

Warren.

Present.

Mr.

Spruce.

Present.

Miss Harrington.

President.

Do we have a motion to accept the meetings?

Uh sorry, meeting minutes into the record from our previous meeting.

I move to amend the minutes with a typo on my last name.

All those in favor of the meeting minutes amendment.

Or I should say, does does anybody have a motion on the amendment of meeting minutes for our previous meeting?

Move minutes be accepted.

I'll second.

Okay, we have a motion from Dr.

Rosenberg and a second from Ms.

Phillips.

All those in favor?

Aye.

Anyone opposed.

Since it looks like our person is not here, Tyler, do you want me to read the public hearing procedures or should we just have a motion to table this?

Go ahead and follow our normal procedures.

I've got uh something I have to address on the case beforehand.

We did remind the applicant that the meeting was today this morning.

So if they're not here, uh we can follow our standard procedures, but just for the re we're we're still holding a public hearing because we advertised it, so I'll have something to address.

Got it.

These are our public hearing procedures.

It is requested that persons wishing to testify before the zoning and planning commission, please follow these rules.

State your name and address for the record.

Please give your testimony as briefly and completely as possible.

Please do not repeat testimony that has already been given.

We want you to state your facts but limit information to only new information.

Everyone is invited to speak.

However, if you have a spokesperson, please allow him or her to speak.

When the public hearing is closed by the chair, no additional testimony is allowed except when invited by the board.

Remember that this is a public hearing and all sides have a right to give testimony or state one side of any issue.

The zoning and planning commission of the city of Joplin, through this introduction, accepts into evidence the 2012 Comprehensive Plan, Development Code of the City of Joplin being appendix 29A of the Joplin Municipal Code, resources, guides, and industry standards of the City of Joplin, the complete street design guide, walkable neighborhood design guidelines, approved tree list, historic preservation regulations, floodplain regulations, and the wireless telecommunications facilities citing regulations being appendices A, B, C, D, E, and F of the Joplin Development Code, the written recommendation of the city staff, and all other written evidence presented at today's hearing.

Thank you for your consideration and understanding.

These cases will be presented to the City Council on Monday, March 2nd, 2026.

The first case that we're hearing today is case 008-26, a request to rezone from District M2, Heavy Industrial to District C2, Central Business.

Location is 1721 South Joplin Avenue.

If there's someone present that would like to speak on behalf of this, please step forward and state your name and address for the record.

Very briefly before I turn it over to the applicant to introduce the case.

So as you can see on the map, we're going from a uh uh heavy industrial district, which is M2, to District C2, which is our central business district, uh meant for uh properties that are built uh in a mixed-use setting, usually two property line, as the as the main street block has been built out.

You can kind of see there's some leftover industrial during a time where uh industrial wasn't concentrated in uh more remote areas like industrial parks.