After a “yes” vote from the planning commission last week, a proposed coffee shop in Southwest Roanoke hopes to get final approval for its rezoning request at the city council’s public hearing Monday night.
Matt Prescott, the developer for building owner Ram Katar LLC, is looking to turn the building located at 716 Marshall Ave. into a coffee shop. This would require rezoning the building from the residential zoning of the area surrounding it to a mixed-use zoning.
Last week, the planning commission voted to recommend the rezoning to the city council. The applicant wrote that since this building was once a commercial space, its new uses would not be out of context. Prescott also pointed out numerous other small commercial buildings in the neighborhood, including Sunnyside Market and Food Fanatics Kitchen.
The council will also consider a request for sale of a city-owned vacant lot at 801 Franklin Road S.W. at the public hearing. Crandall Providence Building, owned by Daniel Crandall, has offered the city $53,100 for the property, which is its current tax assessed value.
Crandall and Katt, a law firm also owned by Crandall, is located adjacent to the property at 366 Elm Ave., and the buyer intends to use the land on Franklin Road for a future expansion to the Crandall Providence Building company.
The public hearing at 7 p.m. will follow a 2 p.m. city council meeting. Both will be held at the Noel C. Taylor Municipal Building, City Council Chamber, Fourth Floor, Room 450. Meetings can be viewed live on Facebook here. Those looking to address the council Monday night must sign up using this form on the city’s website.
