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Residents raise floodplain concerns as board advances rezoning for Hunt Road parcel
Summary
The Board of Aldermen advanced a proposal to rezone property near Hunt Road from single‑family to mixed‑use after a public hearing in which neighbors and the property owner discussed recurring flooding and stormwater controls. City staff said engineering and stormwater detention will be required for any development.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Willard, Missouri, heard public comment and advanced a rezoning request for a parcel adjacent to the Simpson cul‑de‑sac on Hunt Road after a public hearing during a regular meeting. The board voted to move the ordinance to a second reading.
Neighbors said the drainage channel through the site floods after heavy rain and asked whether changing the parcel from R‑1 (single‑family residential) to mixed‑use would worsen flooding for homes on Simpson Street. Ryan and Monica Conway, who live at 689 East Simpson Street, described repeated driveways and yard flooding and said some homes at the end of the cul‑de‑sac become impassable during storms.
The matter drew two kinds of responses: residents urging caution about downstream effects and the property owner describing a limited proposal. Jacob Hill, the property owner and applicant, told the board he purchased the…
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