The Mobile City Planning Commission convened on October 16, 2025, to review 11 primary agenda items involving subdivision applications, sidewalk waivers, rezonings, and code amendments, followed by non-agenda business. The Commission held public hearings for all major proposals before moving to deliberation and voting. Eleven Commissioners and staff were present. While most applications were approved with conditions, one subdivision was held over for further engineering review regarding drainage, and a dual application for a religious organization proceeded after conditions were agreed upon.
Approved (With Conditions):
Approved (Partial):
Held Over:
Code Amendment:
Procedural:
Good afternoon. Welcome to the Mobile City Planning Commission meeting for October 16th, 2025. We'd like to take a moment to review our general operating procedures. This meeting is divided into two sessions, which will be public hearing and then deliberation. In the public hearing session, the agenda item is called. The applicant makes their presentation. Commission members ask questions if any members of the public are allowed to make their comments to the commission. A reminder that only four people can speak for an agenda item or four people against, excuse me, and four people against. Each speaker is then limited to five minutes, subject to questions by the commission. At one minute remaining, a speaker will hear a warning beep or a bell asking you to please summarize your comments. If there is opposition to an agenda item, the applicant will be allowed a two-minute rebuttal. If you do intend to speak, please come down to the bottom of the stairs at the podium, speak clearly into the microphone and provide your name and address for the record. Direct all your comments to the commission only and not to the applicant, staff, or the audience. After hearing all the applications, we will then go into deliberation where we will discuss each application with input from the audience, excuse me, with inputs from the staff as necessary, but with no input from the audience unless we ask you. Commissioners then vote on each application, and the results of that voting can be learned from the planning department. If some issues arise during deliberation that we were not able to address in the public hearing, we have the discretion to allow additional comments to resolve those issues or call for the application to be held over for discussion at a future meeting. Occasionally, a commissioner may recuse themselves from discussing and voting on a given application. That does not mean they are directly involved with the application or the applicant, but depending on the circumstances, ethical rules do require a recusal. The planning commission makes final decisions on subdivisions with appeals of these decisions to the circuit court. The planning commission is strictly a recommending body for rezonings, conditional use permits, and planned developments. The city council makes the final decision on these applications, and all appeals of the city council decisions are to the circuit court. At this time, do me a favor and turn your cell phones to silent or vibrate. Any other devices the same. Commissioners and staff, please turn on your microphones when speaking. We'll go ahead and call the roll for today. Myself, Jay Stubbs present, Mr. Kirk Matte, Miss Jennifer Denson, Ms. Hary Brislin. Here, Mr. Larry Dorsey. Here, Mr. Chad Anderson, Mr. Matt Anderson, Mr. Nick Amberger. Here. Mr. Josh Woods. Here. Mr. Kenny Nichols. Here. Miss Ellie Edwards. We do have a quorum for today's agenda of which there are 11 items on here with two non-agenda business items at the end. Move to approve. Properly moved and seconded. All in favor? Aye. Agenda for today passes. Number one on the agenda is an extension application at 261 Rickerby Street, Woodcock Place Subdivision. Is the applicant present?