Heated opposition delays Structured Real Estate rezone; board continues hearing one week
The board continued the first‑reading public hearing for Ordinance 2026‑0019 after residents raised traffic, drainage, slope and environmental concerns about an eight‑lot subdivision on a ~30‑acre parcel. Planning staff recommended approval while the P&Z commission recommended denial.
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At 9:45 a.m. Chair Julia Helm opened the public hearing on Ordinance 2026‑0019, a petition by Structured Real Estate to rezone parcel 1518202001 (slightly under 30 acres north of DeSoto) from A‑1 & A‑2 to RE‑I to allow eight lots served by two private streets off Timber Hills Drive. Planning & Zoning staff recommended approval; the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended denial. Samuel Larson spoke for the petitioner; multiple residents opposed the rezoning and listed concerns about road capacity, winter driving safety, drainage, steep slopes and impacts to remnant oak savanna.
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