The Vestavia Hills City Council on Monday agreed to rezone 4.3 acres in Cahaba Heights to make way for 14 new single-family homes.
The property is off Bellwood Drive and Autumn Lane and is the same property that this past fall was proposed for 59 townhomes. The Vestavia Hills Planning and Zoning Commission in October unanimously recommended approval for the townhome development by Taylor Burton, but Burton ended up withdrawing his request before it went to the City Council for approval due to public objections to the density of the development.
Numerous people in the community said townhomes at that location did not fit the character of the surrounding neighborhood…