Town planning staff on Wednesday briefed the Board of Commissioners on a conditional rezoning and a voluntary annexation request for a large parcel on Black Angus Lane proposed as Brentwood Phase 5.

Planner James Coley described CZ2513 (Brentwood Phase 5), a request to rezone an 86‑acre parcel at 141 Black Angus Road from Residential Limited Service (RLS) to Conditional Residential General (CRG) to allow 111 single‑family homes. "This conditional rezoning would allow for a 111 single family homes to be built and would go from limit, residential limited service, RLS, to conditional residential general, CRG," Coley said. The proposal would yield roughly 1.3 dwelling units per acre, with 27.8 acres of open space (7.53 acres of which would be active open space).

Coley said owners are Mitchell and Bradley Heger and the applicant is AMH and Bowman. Staff confirmed the site is eligible for voluntary annexation, that water and sewer are available, and that fire, police and public works resources can serve the project area. The planning board met Aug. 26 and recommended denial.

Why it matters: commissioners raised concerns about traffic, emergency access and stormwater impacts across the broader Brentwood development. Coley said the developer amended its concept plan to add a gated connection at a back entrance to avoid routing traffic onto an adjacent private road; the gate would limit general access and allow emergency access only.

Commissioners' questions and requested follow up

Several commissioners asked for a larger, cumulative view of the entire Brentwood development and a traffic impact analysis (TIA) that accounts for all phases together.

Commissioner West pressed for a cumulative study: "Can we do a cumulative TIA, to see what those impacts look like, especially Shears and Main Road?" Coley said the current TIA prepared for this phase was completed and "did not recommend any mitigation," but commissioners said they wanted a cumulative analysis of the full development build‑out.

Other board questions focused on the number of access points and whether Phase 5 would funnel additional traffic through a single access to Faith Road. Commissioners asked staff to provide a larger site map that shows all phases and to report the total number of units in the entire Brentwood project so the board can assess overall impacts.

Process and next steps

Coley said the applicant will present a fuller application and answer questions at the Monday meeting. The board and staff agreed to request the amended concept plan and a larger map of the whole development, and to consider asking the applicant for a cumulative TIA before any rezoning decision.

Ending: No formal board vote on the rezoning or annexation was taken at the pre‑agenda briefing; staff noted the applicant requested to move forward and will appear at the next meeting to present the updated materials.