Politics & Government
School Board Property Rezoned By Council
Property located on Gresham Drive was purchased by the board and annexed into the city to be used as a parking lot for the new school.
VESTAVIA HILLS, AL — Property located at 2647 Gresham Drive, purchased by the board and annexed into the city to be used as a parking lot for the new Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge school, has been rezoned.
The Vestavia Hills City Council approved the rezoning this week with the condition that should the school ever sell the property, it would revert to Vestavia Hills E-2, which is the city’s compatible zoning for estate residential zoning.
A Vestavia Voice report said the property was rezoned from Jefferson County E-1 (estate residential) to Vestavia Hills Institutional.
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The school opened in August as part of the school system's two-year restructuring plan which included the closing of Vestavia Hills Elementary Central and rezoning of some students west of U.S. 280. The second phase of the plan will take place in 2020 when the new Pizitz Middle School opens on Columbiana Road and ninth graders move to a standalone campus.
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