MK Williams Carpentry of Sagola has proposed a development on vacant lots at 1040 and 1060 Woodward Avenue in Iron Mountain. The easternmost parcel is north of Kingswood Apartments in Kingsford. (Jim Anderson/Daily News)

IRON MOUNTAIN — A zoning change intended to allow first-floor commercial units in proposed apartment buildings on Woodward Avenue failed to get approval Monday from Iron Mountain City Council.

The council took no action on the B1 Neighborhood Business classification after neighbors objected during a public hearing.

“Once the zoning is changed, anything is possible,” Evergreen Drive resident Monica Maule said. “There are too many gray areas. I don’t think our beautiful subdivision has been given any consideration.”

The property is zoned R-3 — which allows residential us

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