SALISBURY — The Salisbury City Council will consider adopting an ordinance that would rezone an approximately 12.25-acre located property on Julian Road to potentially allow for a 216-unit apartment complex to be built.

The applicant, Towne Creek Apartments, has requested for the property, located at 685 Julian Road, to be rezoned from Highway Business to Highway Business with a Conditional District. According to the application as it was presented to the city planning board, the rezoning would accommodate the apartment complex.

The upcoming Salisbury City Council meeting will be at 6 p.m at City Hall, located at 217 S. Main St. The other agenda items that will be discussed include:

• The council will recognize firefighters Allen Overcash, Luis Vazquez and Evan Martinez for their actions during an incident involving police officer Hunter Shue.
• The council will receive an update on the Boards and Commissions Orientation Booklet.
• The council will consider the voluntary annexation of a 32.98-acre property located on Grace Church Road and to give the property a Salisbury zoning of Light Industrial to potentially allow for a 250,000-square-foot logistics center. For more information, go to https://www.salisburypost.com/2024/07/25/salisbury-planning-board-recommends-rezoning-that-could-allow-250000-square-foot-logistics-center/.
• The council will consider designating the Franklin Smith House located at 201 S. Fulton St. as a local historic landmark.
• The council will consider a resolution of support for the grant application to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Reconnecting Community Pilot Grant Program for the West Innes Street corridor.
• The council will consider an ordinance allowing for the demolition of a structure located at 230 W. Henderson St.
• The council will receive an update on test holes for the Main Street project, including a change order of $91,500 to complete the work. The item will also include a resolution guaranteeing the resurfacing and restriping of Main Street within the project limits as a condition of encroachment for subsurface utility investigation.
• The council will consider amending the Downtown Salisbury Social District ordinances to remove the requirement for business to place the name of the person purchasing the drink and the date and time of the purchase onto the container.