The Council is expected to take up the zoning changes next spring.

The 70-by-100-foot site would be suitable for a 12-story building without any zoning changes under the city's current rules.

But whether the zoning changes help or hurt property values is another issue.

You will want to know of any zoning changes in the pipeline.

And it stands to become the first 197-A plan to be backed up with real zoning changes.

Recent zoning changes in some areas, he said, have made these locations more attractive for development.

But he and other officials insist that there have been no zoning changes in the city schools since then.

Though the department has proposed the zoning changes, they are subject to approval by the commission before taking effect.

No zoning changes or variances are needed for the plan.

Some say this is necessary because of constant zoning changes over 25 years.