A zoning amendment for Medford’s Mystic Avenue corridor was withdrawn Tuesday by Mayor Stephanie Burke following opposition from some city councilors and residents.

Burke said she will ask for a broader citywide review of the zoning ordinance, which hasn’t been updated since the 1960s.

The city hired the Metropolitan Area Planning Council in 2017 to draw up a proposed mixed-use zone for the Mystic Avenue commercial corridor, which runs parallel to Interstate 93. The area contains a mixture of car dealerships, auto repair shops, self-storage facilities and low-rise retail buildings, but does not allow housing as an allowed use.

However, Combined Properties of Malden is already seeking approval for a 650,000-square-foot, 544-unit apartment complex at 278-326 Mystic Ave. The project would require zoning board of appeals variances for change of use, parking ratio and height.

Burke said she is asking council approval to hire a consultant to draw up a comprehensive zoning amendment.

Councilor Breanna Lungo-Koehn, who is challenging Burke in November’s mayoral election, had criticized Burke for not giving the council and public sufficient time to study the Mystic Avenue zoning amendment.

Councilor Michael Marks said the rezoning could jeopardize the city’s commercial tax base, and suggested a series of overlay zones for different parts of the corridor.

“Developers are going to come in and offer double what the property on Mystic Avenue is worth to put in high-rise buildings, and it’s going to create chaos in the South Medford area,” Marks said. “We’re going to end up with a strip of 5- and 6-story apartment buildings and nothing else: no community feel, no community open space and no reason to go down there.”