Roanoke City Council members voted against rezoning Fishburn Park.

The Roanoke City Planning Commission has voted to approve rezoning Fishburn Park to allow an old cabin to be turned into a coffee shop.

The proposal will go in front of the city council for approval in the coming months.

ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke City Plan 2040 is one step closer to final approval. Monday, the Roanoke City Planning Commission held a public hearing for the proposal, which covers everything from housing, to law enforcement to community health. The wording of the plan was changed slightly to include that. “We had to cover a lot of painful areas as a part of this assessment of where we were. There will be another public hearing before the plan goes before city council to be adopted at the end of December.