At the July 15 Planning Commission briefing, planning staff presented a plan amendment and companion zone change that would redesignate an area from a low‑intensity suburban neighborhood designation to mid‑intensity suburban neighborhood and change zoning from RS‑20 to RS‑3.3, including removal of a neighborhood protection overlay.

Staff told commissioners the change aligns the parcel with adjacent zoning to the east and northwest, which had previously undergone nonconforming zone changes to similar densities, and that Agate Avenue would function as a buffer between the proposed higher density and neighboring low‑intensity areas. Based on that analysis, staff supported the plan amendment, the zone change and an associated vacation of easement and right‑of‑way for Agate.

Local review bodies were split: the Enterprise Town Board recommended denial on both the plan amendment and the zone change. The public comment totals in the briefing record show 17 cards in support of the plan amendment, one card and three letters in opposition, and similar comment counts for the zone change (17 cards in support, one card and four letters in opposition). Staff also noted related waiver requests and design‑review items that the commission would need to consider; staff recommended denial of several waivers where home footprints were too large for lot sizes or where proposed reductions conflicted with required buffers to adjacent MPO/RMP properties.

Why it matters: rezoning and a plan amendment would change allowable lot sizes and densities and remove a neighborhood protection overlay, altering development potential and the planning framework that governs adjacent neighborhoods. Staff described the request as a reasonable transition between mixed‑use properties to the south and lower‑intensity properties to the north.

Next steps: the item was moved from routine to nonroutine consideration for a separate hearing; commissioners will take formal action in a later hearing where motions and votes will be recorded.