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Johnson City commissioners refer Hopper Road annexation and RP-3 zoning back to planning commission after neighbor objections
Summary
After extended public comment focused on traffic and safety on Indian Ridge Road, the Johnson City Commission voted to send the proposed annexation of 13.68 acres on Hopper Road and its RP-3 zoning assignment back to the Planning Commission for further review.
Johnson City commissioners voted April 3 to refer the proposed annexation and zoning assignment for a 13.68-acre parcel at Hopper and Indian Ridge roads back to the Planning Commission for further review.
The referral follows more than an hour of public comment from neighborhood residents who opposed a developer proposal to build what a staff concept plan shows as 105 townhomes. Neighbors and speakers described Indian Ridge Road and nearby Hopper Road as narrow, curving, and lacking sidewalks and shoulders; several said traffic already creates unsafe conditions near Woodland Elementary School.
City planner Bryce McNamer told the commission the owner-requested annexation is voluntary and that the accompanying zoning request is for RP-3 (Planned Residential 3). RP-3 permits up to 8.5…
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