Lebanon City panel recommends amended Spring Creek PUD to allow detached small‑lot homes

The Lebanon City Plan Commission voted to forward amendments to the Spring Creek planned unit development ordinance to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation, including a change converting the previously planned duplex lots in “Area B” into detached single‑family lots and updated architectural standards.

The recommendation matters because the amendments alter the product type, maximum unit counts and design standards for the Spring Creek subdivision — a development bounded roughly by 300 North, County Road 300 North and State Road 39 — and will next require Common Council adoption to take effect.

City planner Ben (last name not specified) told the commission the Spring Creek PUD was reviewed in early 2023, adopted by the council, and that construction paused pending water allocation. He said the developer and builder have since identified a market preference change and are proposing to replace the duplex product planned in Area B with a 30‑foot wide detached single‑family product. “They basically just want to split them apart and do them on their own individual lots to make…