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Enterprise TAB rejects proposed Mistral/Lindell subdivision and zone change after neighbor opposition
Summary
The Enterprise TAB voted to deny a plan amendment, zone change, vacations, PUD and tentative map for a proposed 55‑lot subdivision on ~19.4 acres near Mistral Avenue and Lindell Road following sustained neighborhood opposition over density, connectivity and drainage.
The Enterprise Town Advisory Board on March 26 denied multiple related applications for a proposed residential PUD on about 19.4 acres at the southwest corner of Edmond Street and Mistral Avenue in Enterprise.
The board voted to deny a plan amendment (PA25700012), a zone change from RS‑20 to RS‑10 (ZC250188), vacate/abandon easement requests (VS250189), a planned unit development (BUD250190), waivers to development standards (WS250191) and the tentative map (TM25500043). Motions to deny carried after public comment from long‑time nearby residents and board discussion.
Several longtime residents urged preserving the rural character and the neighborhood‑protection RN‑P designation, citing horses, small ranches and larger lot patterns they said predated recent development. “When I moved in up there, this was out in the country…Most of my neighbors have horses, goats, chickens,” said resident Dan Eikleberry. He and other neighbors asked the board to preserve the RNP (ranch estate neighborhood protection) designation and limit density to two houses per acre.
Neighbors also objected to the applicant’s plan to open existing streets and trails; many urged keeping Shelbourne and other connections in a configuration that would not drive cut‑through traffic through rural residential streets. Several speakers said they preferred an alternate site access that would route traffic toward Windmill rather than through the interior of the existing neighborhood.
The applicant said they met with neighbors, revised the plan to remove gating, reduced the proposed lot count from 57 to 55 (density cited at about 2.812 dwelling units per acre) and proposed single‑story homes to be compatible with the area. They also said they would add a trail under power lines requested by a neighbor and incorporate animal disclosure language in purchase contracts so buyers understand rural characteristics.
Board members expressed concern about carving the parcel out of the RNP, the potential for future higher‑density development nearby, and whether public‑works and traffic connections (including a condition tied to an existing NOFA) had been adequately resolved. After deliberation the board made motions to deny each of the related items; the record shows motions carried with the board answering “Aye.”
The denial will leave the subject parcel in its current land‑use classification and requires any future applicant to address the board’s stated concerns about connectivity, density, trails and drainage.
