The Radcliffe Planning Commission recommended approval of a zone‑map amendment for 26.307 acres of a 48.791‑acre parcel at 238 Cedar Oak Drive, converting the parcel from commercial to R‑4 residential, planning staff told the City Council.

Murray (planning staff) said the applicant, Silvergate LLC, asked to rezone the area within the Arlington Center subdivision and that the commission recommended approval "with conditions." Murray relayed that the Fort Knox Garrison Commander submitted a letter asking the city to require security fencing and downward‑facing exterior lighting along the military installation boundary; Murray said the applicant agreed to those conditions during the public hearing.

Murray explained the planning commission initially deadlocked at 2–2 in a July special meeting and retained jurisdiction for 30 days; on Aug. 7 the commission voted 4–0 to recommend approval. "The owner applicant agreed to those conditions during the hearing," Murray said. He also described an impact study and a nonbinding conditional‑use plan that the commission considered; Murray emphasized the CUP is not binding on the council but said the planning commission included the applicant’s agreement to Fort Knox’s requested conditions in its record.

Council members asked about the scale and type of future development; Murray said the R‑4 designation does not necessarily mean apartments and that the developer has submitted a plat for an adjacent portion of the parent tract showing mostly single‑family lots (23 houses) on the already‑rezoned portion. He said the approved fencing specification in the Fort Knox letter was a seven‑foot chain‑link fence with three strands of barbed wire at the top along the side adjacent to the installation boundary, and that the installation asked for night‑sky‑compliant, downward‑facing rear lighting.

City Attorney Mike Pike advised the council of its legal options: review the evidentiary record and accept the planning commission recommendation, make different factual findings with citation to the record, rehear factual evidence, or hold an argument‑only hearing. Pike cautioned council members that they should not conduct independent factual investigations of witnesses or the site outside the record because doing so could open the record to further proceedings.

No final council vote on the rezoning was recorded in the meeting transcript; staff said the planning record, including a transcript of the planning commission public hearing, will be made available to council members for review.