The Mobile City Planning Commission held a public hearing and deliberation session on January 15, 2026, reviewing twelve agenda items ranging from holdover conditional use permits to new subdivisions and rezoning requests. During the public hearing, the commission addressed procedural rules, accepted witness testimony, and considered amendments to applications before moving into deliberation. Commissioner Kirk Matte recused himself from one item (No. 10), though a quorum was maintained. The meeting concluded with the approval of several subdivisions, a requested holdover for a water department modification due to public concerns, and batch approval of minutes from 2025.
Good afternoon and welcome to the Mobile City Planning Commission meeting for today, January 15th. I'd like to take a moment to review our general operating procedures. This meeting is divided into two sessions public hearing and deliberation. In the public hearing session, an agenda item will be called. The applicant makes their presentation. Commission members ask questions. Members of the public make their comments to the commission. Only four people can speak for an agenda item or for and four people against. Each speaker is limited to five minutes, subject to questions by the commission. And at one minute remaining, a speaker will have a warning beep to prompt them to summarize your comments. After opposition speakers have spoken on an application, the applicant is allowed a two-minute rebuttal. If you do intend to speak, come to the podium at the bottom of the stairs, speak 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, the staff, or the audience. After we listen to all the applications, we will then go into the deliberation where we will discuss each application with input from the staff as necessary, but with no input from the audience. Commissioners then vote on each application, and the results of that meeting voting can be learned from the planning department. If some issues arise during deliberation that were not addressed in the public hearing, we have the discretion to allow additional comments pertaining to those issues in order to resolve them 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 may require the recusal. If that member recuses, a supernumerary on our commission will vote in their stead. 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 city council decisions are to the circuit court. At this time, do me a favor, please turn your cell phones or other devices to vibrate or the silent uh set setting so that we can not have any interruptions. Commissioners and staff, please turn on your microphones when speaking. I'll go ahead and call the roll myself, Jay Subs present, Mr. Kirk Matte, Ms. Jennifer Denson, Mr. Harry Brislin. Here, Mr. Larry Dorsey. Here, Mr. Chad Anderson, Mr. Matt Anderson, Mr. Nick Amberger. Here. Mr. Josh Woods. Here. Mr. Mr. Kenny Nichols and Miss Ellie Edwards. Here. We do have a quorum, and I will go ahead and move to approve the agenda for today, January 15th. I'll move. Second. Properly moved and seconded. All in favor? Aye. The motion for the agenda passes. We will now move into number one, which is a holdover on the agenda from a previous meeting.