The council opened a public hearing Dec. 2 on a proposed rezoning of several parcels on Halls Mill Road from B‑3 to B‑5. Casey Pipes, who said he represents the potential buyer, described the roughly 12‑acre former farmer's market property as underutilized and said the requested B‑5 (office/warehouse) classification aligns with the city's future land‑use designation for a mixed commercial corridor.

Pipes told the council the planning commission recommended approval and that the applicant held two neighborhood meetings without objection. "They plan to clean it up and consolidate it with some adjoining property they own that they recently purchased and rezoned to B 5," Pipes said during his remarks.

The public hearing record in this transcript contains no on‑the‑record opposition testimony; the clerk opened and closed the hearing for the Downtown Development District amendment earlier in the meeting and then opened this rezoning hearing for Halls Mill Road, where the applicant spoke and no neighborhood objections were reported to the council during the recorded remarks.

No final council vote is recorded in the provided transcript excerpt for the rezoning item. The matter appears to have been presented for public hearing and comment; any council action (approval, denial or referral) is not included in the excerpt provided.