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City council approves rezoning for 230‑home Walnut Hills subdivision after public hearing
Summary
The Jefferson City Council rezoned 80.04 acres on Rock Ridge Road from RU (rural) to a Planned Unit Development for a 230‑lot single‑family subdivision. Council approved the preliminary PUD plan and preliminary subdivision plat after a public hearing featuring developers, engineers and residents who raised traffic and stormwater concerns.
The Jefferson City Council voted to rezone 80.04 acres on Rock Ridge Road from RU (rural) to PUD (planned unit development) and approved a preliminary PUD plan and preliminary subdivision plat for the Walnut Hills subdivision, a 230‑lot single‑family development, after a public hearing and discussion on engineering, traffic and stormwater.
The proposal from McBride Homes seeks to build 230 fee‑simple, single‑family detached homes divided into three product villages with about 45% of the site preserved as common open space. ‘‘This is 230 single family for sale homes,’’ Jeannie Allmiller, president of McBride Homes, told the council, describing three home series and the company’s intent to offer varied price points and extensive landscaping.
Planning staff described the project's requested exceptions under the PUD, including reductions in minimum lot size (from 6,000 to 4,000 square feet for some lots), lot width (50 to 38 feet), side yard setbacks (7 to 5 feet)…
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