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Sweet Home City Council members spent an hour on Tuesday, Aug. 11, listening to public testimony and addressing questions from concerned neighbors about a zoning change application for a property overlooking Mountain View Road.

The proposed zoning change to the 0.61 acre lot, near the corner of 23rd Avenue and Ironwood, drew around a dozen people to the public hearing, though it would not end how they hoped.

As Community and Economic Development Director Blair Larsen explained, “the application is limited to the zone change; there’s not a permitting for a building on the property.”...