OGDENSBURG -- Ogdensburg City Council will hold a special meeting Monday to approve a zoning change that has been ordered by a federal court judge.

The sole resolution on the agenda will change the zoning designation for the property at 1515 Knox Street from Single-Family Residential to a Planned Development District.

Ogdensburg has until April 20 to approve Step By Step Inc.’s zoning request, according to Judge David N. Hurd, who criticized the city’s request to delay is lacking approval.

Step by Step, a non-profit mental health service provider, is suing the city for discrimination against its clients, they claim occurred when the council denied a zoning change for a former school building they wanted to use.

The non-profit had petitioned city lawmakers to rezone the parcel from single family residential to a planned development district, but the request was denied.

Hurd initially ordered the zoning change be approved by city April 15, when he granted an injunction request from Step By Step’s attorney.

The city sought to extend the approval to April 25, but Hurd ruled it must be filed by April 20.

In his decision Hurd said city received the order to approve the application on April 5, and “very well could have added such approval to the agenda of its regularly scheduled April 11, 2016 meeting.”

See more on his decision to grant the extension at http://northcountrynow.com/news/federal-judge-gives-ogdensburg-until-april-20-approve-step-step-zoning-change-says-reason