1490 Telegraph Road Rezoning UPDATE and Future Meeting Info

There have been many updates to the 1490 Telegraph Road Rezoning Application in the City of Mobile’s Africatown Planning Area that MEJAC wrote about in October.

October 19, 2021 – The Mobile City Council Rezoning Application Public Hearing. The Application was held over to allow for the swearing-in for the District 2 Councilor-elect William Carroll who had been elected to replace former Councilor Levon Manzie, who tragically passed away unexpectedly on September 19, 2021.

November 12, 2021 – Councilor Carroll hosted a Neighborhood Meeting Meeting at the Robert Hope Community Center in the hear of Plateau Africatown. Applicant Marty Norden of Norden Realty offered to place dozens of volunteer use restrictions on both his Rezoning Application and the deed for the property. Continue reading

1490 Telegraph Road Rezoning, R-1 to I-2, Information

As MEJAC has documented elsewhere, the Rezoning Application for 1490 Telegraph Road is coming at a time when there is heightened interest in zoning activity in the Africatown community.

On Tuesday, October 19 at 10:30am, the Mobile City Council will conduct a Public Hearing for the proposed re-zoning of 1490 Telegraph Road in the Africatown Planning Area from Residential-1 to Industrial-2, from the City’s most restrictive to the City’s most permissive zoning designation.

MEJAC and partner agencies are requesting that the Mobile City Council deny the rezoning for the following reasons: Continue reading

Africatown Zoning Activity is Heating Up – Important Upcoming Dates

Environmental Justice Champions! Three urgent zoning considerations have many Africatown advocates concerned! Read on for detailed information about how YOU can make a difference!


Tuesday, October 19 at 10:30am: The Mobile City Council will conduct a Public Hearing for the proposed zoning code rewrite known as the Unified Development Code (UDC).

For background info about MEJAC’s remaining concerns with the UDC, click here (https://www.mejacoalition.org/2021/05/17/decodingtheudccont/).

To submit Verbal Public Comment:
Go to Mobile City Council Chambers, Government Plaza, 205 Government Street
Mobile, Alabama 36601 on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 by 10:30am, and sign up to speak RE: Ordinance 64-26 Unified Development Code (UDC). You will be given 3 minutes to speak.

To submit Written Public Comment via Email:
Write your Public Comment to all Mobile City Councilors and send, by 4pm on Monday, October 18 to:
City Clerk Lisa Lambert (cityclerk@cityofmobile.org)


Tuesday, October 19 at 10:30am: The Mobile City Council will conduct a Public Hearing for the proposed re-zoning of 1490 Telegraph Road in the Africatown Planning Area from Residential-1 to Industrial-2, from the City’s most restrictive to the City’s most permissive zoning designation.

For background info about MEJAC’s concerns with the 1490 Telegraph Road Rezoning Application ZON-001743-2021, click here (https://www.mejacoalition.org/2021/10/15/northtelegraphrezoning/).

To submit Verbal Public Comment:
Go to Mobile City Council Chambers, Government Plaza, 205 Government Street
Mobile, Alabama 36601 on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 by 10:30am, and sign up to speak RE: Rezoning Application ZON-001743-2021. You will be given 3 minutes to speak.

To submit Written Public Comment via Email:
Write your Public Comment, addressed to all Mobile City Council members, and send, by 4pm on Monday, October 18 to:
District 3 Council member CJ Smalls (council3@cityofmobile.org)
– due to the untimely passing of District 2 Council member Levon Manzie


Thursday, October 21 at 2pm: The City of Mobile Planning Commission will conduct a virtual Public Hearing for the proposed re-zoning of 1250 Woodland Avenue in the Africatown Planning Area from Residential-1 to Industrial-2, from the City’s most restrictive to the City’s most permissive zoning designation.

More info about 1250 Woodland Avenure Rezoning Application ZON-001817-2021 will be posted shortly.

To submit a Verbal Public Comment:
Sign up to speak at the virtual Public Hearing RE: Rezoning Application ZON-001817-2021 by sending your request to speak via email, by 2pm on Wednesday, October 20 to:
planning@cityofmobile.org

To submit Written Public Comment via Email:
Write your Public Comment RE: Rezoning Application ZON-001817-2021 and send, by 2pm on Wednesday, October 20 to:
planning@cityofmobile.org