Two issues bounced between the Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council finally were decided Monday.

First, the council voted to rezone a tract of land at the intersection of Boulder Crest Drive and Kingshighway from R-1, single-family residential, to C-1, neighborhood commercial. The decision came despite the vocal objections of some nearby residents, including Bo Shantz.

Attorney Nancy Browne, representing landowners Lucile Sadler and Ellen Mantia, argued that most of the land along Kingshighway was zoned residential.

Shantz said he feared a commercial zoning would open the area up to undesirable development.

The rezoning request first came before the Planning and Zoning Commission in April, and members voted to approve the rezoning. They reaffirmed their vote last week after the council sent the issue back for additional review.

Monday's second decisive vote involved a request for a special-use permit for a manufactured home at 133 East Cape Rock Drive, located in an R-1 district. Neighborhood residents turned out for meeting after meeting as the issue went through the Planning and Zoning Commission, then to the council, then back to Planning and Zoning.

On both times that the issue passed through the commission there was a split vote to recommend the council approve the special-use permit.

On Monday, the council voted unanimously to deny Gennettia and Gordon Galbreath's request. The couple had said they would tear down a dilapidated home on the lot and install their new, manufactured home.

Nearby residents pleaded with the council Monday to "maintain the integrity" of their neighborhood.

"This is a historical part of town," Betty St. Gemme said. "Tour buses come through this area to the overlook at Cape Rock Park. We have worked hard cleaning up and fixing up, and we would be more than happy for the Galbreaths to rebuild a conventional home on this lot."