The Hoover Planning and Zoning Commission has voted to forward the request for the Islamic Academy of Alabama and Muslim prayer center, with a recommendation to deny it.

Approximately 175 people turned out for the meeting Monday night, most in opposition to the proposed zoning change that would allow the Islamic Academy of Alabama to move into Hoover's Meadowbrook Corporate Park. Public comments lasted 40 minutes before the vote to move the matter to the city council, with a recommendation to deny the project.

"At present, staff are unable to make a positive recommendation," Mac Martin, the City Planner, told the commission during the work session portion of the meeting.

"We don't find it in alignment with the comprehensive plan," Martin explained as one of the main reasons before descr

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