Plan amendment and 16-lot tentative map draw Town Board denials and public protest

Planning Department staff presented agenda items 27 through 31, a companion package that includes a plan amendment to redesignate about 2.5 acres from Low Intensity Suburban Neighborhood to Mid Intensity Suburban Neighborhood; a zone change from RS-20 to RS-3.3; vacations of abandoned government patent easements; and a tentative map for 16 single-family lots.

Staff said Enterprise Town Board recommended denial of the plan amendment and zone change and reported one card and one letter in protest for those items. For the waiver and design review staff said the applicant requests increasing a retaining-wall height to 4.5 feet along the south and east property lines of Lot 9 only where the code maximum is 3 feet, and reducing back-of-curb radius to 15 feet where a minimum of 25 feet is required. Enterprise Town Board also recommended denial for the design review and tentative map.

Why it matters: the plan amendment and zone change would change the site's allowable density and lot standards; the retaining-wall and curb-radius waivers affect on-site engineering and street design for lot 9. Town Board denials and public protests indicate local opposition.

Details: the companion requests are for a small, 2.5-acre parcel and propose 16 single-family lots. The retaining-wall waiver applies only to Lot 9. Staff reported one protest card and one protest letter for the plan amendment, and similar opposition for companion items.

No Planning Commission decision was taken at the briefing; staff will return the items for formal hearings.