After the Roanoke City planning staff reviewed and recommended a third proposal to the city council for residential zoning changes, the council decided that it’s still not satisfied.
The city council — on a 4-3 vote Monday — agreed to send the issue back to the planning department for the third time in the past two years, after the proposal was unanimously recommended to the council by the planning commission.
Vice Mayor Terry McGuire and council members Nick Hagen, Phazhon Nash and Evelyn Powers formed the majority — the four newest council members who campaigned in 2024 against the sweeping zoning changes now being debated…