The Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners approved a rezoning request to create the Havencrest Official Development Plan (ODP), a plan development to allow up to 20 single‑family residential lots on a roughly 5‑acre parcel at 13645 West 50 Second Avenue.

Planning staff said the ODP would apply the R‑1B uses and standards with specific modifications, restrict the site to a maximum of 20 lots (about four units per acre on a 5‑acre site), and require a 10‑foot landscape tract along West 50 Second Avenue as part of the plat process.

Sarah Hoffmeyer, case manager for Jefferson County Planning and Zoning, summarized the staff analysis. Hoffmeyer said staff found the proposed ODP compatible with surrounding residential zoning and consistent with the county’s Comprehensive Master Plan (CMP) guidance for residential land use at up to four dwelling units per acre. She said no physical site constraints were identified in the initial review and that required technical documents—such as a drainage report and an updated traffic study—would be submitted and evaluated during the plat process.

Applicant representatives offered an illustrative site plan and described housing characteristics. Donald Rosier, managing partner with Community Design Collaborative, and Steve Lindsey, principal of Linco Enterprises (the applicant), presented an illustrative layout showing a central cul‑de‑sac, deeper-than-typical lots (average about 140 feet deep), staggered front setbacks and one‑story ranch-style homes with optional basements. Lindsey said the project team would add sidewalk connections along West 50 Second Avenue to close a missing-segment gap and that a completed traffic study indicated the site driveway would operate at a Level of Service B during peak hours.

Staff notified surrounding residents and received 18 community responses. Hoffmeyer said concerns raised by neighbors included traffic and safety on West 50 Second Avenue, potential density effects on wells and environmental drainage, and a desire to ensure the ODP not permit future high-density or commercial uses. Hoffmeyer emphasized the submitted ODP limits the site to single‑family R‑1B uses and restricts units to a maximum of 20.

During the hearing, the applicant confirmed that two older structures on the property (a cinder block barn and a wooden barn) would be removed prior to development. The applicant also described design elements intended to blend with surrounding neighborhoods, including deeper lots and staggered front setbacks to avoid an “alley effect.”

Commissioners asked no substantive questions during the hearing and moved to vote. The clerk recorded unanimous approval: Commissioner Kerr, Commissioner Zenzinger and Commissioner Dahlkemper voted in favor and the motion passed.

If enacted, the next required steps are submittal of a detailed plat with grading, drainage and construction documents; review of an updated traffic study; and application for building permits. Hoffmeyer said the plat review process will include an intensive technical review and mitigation of any site-specific impacts before building permits would be issued.

What this means: The rezoning changes the county zoning of the parcel from Agricultural A‑2 to a Plan Development ODP that follows R‑1B standards with the site-specific modifications in the ODP; the site is restricted to a maximum of 20 single‑family lots and will undergo additional technical review at platting and permitting stages.