Malta City Council 'rights a wrong' from 2007

At the Malta City Council meeting last Tuesday night, the board members approved a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) following a public hearing so they and the mayor could undo a mistake made by the council in 2007 – well before any of the board members or current mayor were in office – by allowing a residential area in the Central Business District.

Prior to the public hearing, Malta Mayor Shyla Jones explained that a CUP is a zoning exception which allows a property owner use of his land in a way not otherwise permitted within the particular zoning district, in this case the Downtown Business Dis...