Burlington’s city council has put the brakes on a rezoning request that would’ve allowed an immigrant business owner to expand his auto dealership to a long-dormant parcel along Rauhut Street.
The five-member council unanimously turned down this proposal on Tuesday, effectively barring Mohamed Shahin Kaled from setting up a sales lot at Rauhut’s juncture with Apple Street to augment an existing dealership that he and a partner run along North Church Street.
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Read earlier coverage of planning board consideration here: https://alamancenews.com/used-car-lot-given-planning-board-ok-for-rauhut-st-corner/
Once home to a service station that closed roughly decades ago, this .39-acre site has come to epitomize the decline of what had been a bustling retail district at the heart of this traditionally black neighborhood on the north side of town…