Residents speak out against parking lot, rezoning Dickinson Press
A parking lot could soon take the place of a 1902 home near downtown Dickinson and multiple housing developments are one step closer to sprouting up after the Planning and Zoning Commission granted several recommendations during a meeting at City Hall, Wednesday morning.
The recommendations will now go before the City Commission for final approval.
Downtown business has picked up and parking is hard to come by, so after a home at 444 First St. W., owned by Ken and Lavonne Keller sat vacant for many years, Charbonneau Car Center has been vying to purchase the property to turn it into an employee parking lot.
Multiple people surrounding the run-down home oppose the installation of a parking lot.
“Is the message that we want to send to present home owners and prospective home owners that are living in an R3-zoned area, that if you have a neighbor that allows a house to become in disrepair, that that’s fair game for a special use permit and a parking lot?” said Terry Saville, who lives across the street.
