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  Columbia residents heard from the planning group working on an updated development code for the final time Wednesday night. After almost two years of work, Clarion Associates submitted a final draft to Columbia’s Planning and Zoning Commission in October.

Don Elliot, who is the director of Clarion’s Denver team, presented an overview of the potential code, which condenses the current development code into five sections and integrates many existing requirements.  

A Franklin County zoning panel has approved plans to build a concrete plant near the Shaw Nature Reserve.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that county zoning commissioners on Tuesday voted 6-4 in favor of the Landvatter Ready Mix concrete company's expansion plans.

Some residents and nature preserve leaders worry the plant's noise and truck traffic will harm the area's tranquility. But commissioners cited the promised creation of 25 full-time jobs in an area already packed with other commercial and industrial sites.

Land northeast of Stadium Boulevard and the Cinnamon Hill Lane, Maguire Boulevard intersection will stay agricultural, at least for now, after a failed rezoning request.

The Columbia City Council voted 4-3 last night in opposition of New York City developers Park7 Group’s request to change the land from agricultural to a planned unit development, which would’ve been the site of an 899-bed luxury student-housing complex, The Avenue. 

UPDATE: 2:00PM, March 12:

The Columbia Daily Tribune reports the Columbia City Council voted Tuesday night against an ordinance that would have put a created a six-month moratorium on demolition permits in downtown Columbia.

The Columbia City Council is considering an ordinance that would put a temporary abeyance on demolition permits in downtown Columbia.