Future Bookshop rezone, Park Avenue
Request to rezone 0.52 acres from NR-6 to Neighborhood Center to convert a historic house into a small bookstore and coffee shop with a patio and north-side parking. The Planning Commission recommended approval 5-0 and the council adopted it 5-0 on January 20, 2026.
Approved
- Type
- Zone change
- Size
- 0.52 acres
- Homes
- 1
- Applicant
- Property owners
- Location
- Park Avenue at 400 South (Woodruff Neighborhood)
- City Council: Future Bookshop rezone, Park Avenue at 400 South, Ordinance 26-01 (public hearing)
- City Council: Workshop: Future Bookshop rezone, Park Avenue at 400 South, Ordinance 26-01
In brief
Future Bookshop rezone, Park Avenue appears on 2 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of January 6, 2026 to the City Council meeting of January 20, 2026.
On record, it was approved once.
The most recent decision was approved (5-0) at the City Council meeting of January 20, 2026.
Follow the money and project delivery
Future Bookshop rezone, Park Avenue
- Council action
Approved: Future Bookshop rezone, Park Avenue at 400 South, Ordinance 26-01 (public hearing) · Approved minutes Record → · Jan. 20, 2026
- Money in the record
No itemized amount linked in the records collected.
- Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
- Work and operating costs
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Every hearing and vote
January 20, 2026 · City Council
Future Bookshop rezone, Park Avenue at 400 South, Ordinance 26-01 (public hearing)
Approved · 5-0
The council rezoned 0.52 acres in the Woodruff Neighborhood from NR-6 to Neighborhood Center to allow a bookshop and coffee shop in a former schoolhouse and church later used as a house. Neighborhood Center limits space to 3,000 square feet by right, 5,000 with a conditional use permit, with no drive-throughs and a 35-foot height limit. The Planning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend approval. Council Member Dahle supported a bookshop but raised concerns about a blind corner, the 30 mph speed limit, fairground event parking and later conversion to other uses; planner Aimee Egbert suggested red curbs. No one spoke.
- Acres: 0.52
- Current zone → proposed: NR-6 → NC
- Planning Commission: recommended approval 5-0, December 11, 2025
January 6, 2026 · City Council
Workshop: Future Bookshop rezone, Park Avenue at 400 South, Ordinance 26-01
Discussed
The owners asked to rezone 0.52 acres in the Woodruff Neighborhood from NR-6 to Neighborhood Center to turn a historic house into a small bookstore and coffee shop, with the front garage replaced by a patio and parking on the north side. Staff recommended approval although the future land use designation is Detached Residential, and the Planning Commission voted 5-0 on December 11. Council Member Dahle raised a blind corner at Park Avenue and 400 South. Chair Johnson said neighbors he spoke with mostly supported the project, with concerns about traffic and parking.
- Acres: 0.52
- Current zone → proposed: NR-6 → Neighborhood Center (NC)
- Planning Commission: recommended approval 5-0, December 11, 2025