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Stonecrest council approves rezoning for 62-home development on Rogers Lake Road
Summary
The City Council voted 5-0 to rezone 1455 Rogers Lake Road from R‑100 to an RSM small‑lot residential district with conditions that limit lot size, require architectural variation and set buffers and setbacks.
Stonecrest — The City Council voted 5‑0 to rezone a parcel at 1455 Rogers Lake Road so the owner can build up to 62 single‑family homes. The ordinance, approved after a public hearing, changes the property from R‑100 (residential medium‑lot) to RSM (small‑lot residential) and attaches conditions staff and the applicant negotiated.
The development was approved with a set of conditions that limit the project to 62 single‑family detached dwellings, require a minimum heated floor area of 1,400 square feet for each home and a minimum lot size of 6,000 square feet. The council also adopted standards intended to produce architectural variability: no single front‑façade design may be used for more than 25% of the units, and no two identical facades may appear within eight lots of each other on the same block. A 20‑foot buffer will be provided along property lines adjacent to existing R‑100 zoning and replanted where grading is necessary; setbacks include 50 feet along Rogers Lake Road and a 30‑foot rear setback.
The applicant, represented by Bobby Bullard of Bullard Land Planning, described how the design team moved from an earlier townhome option to a single‑family plan after community feedback and staff discussion. Bullard and the owner said the project plan includes roughly 20% open space and that the developer intends to use grading and replanting inside buffers to both meet stormwater needs and provide visual separation from neighboring properties.
Council members asked staff and the applicant for clarification on stormwater features, lot counts and how the city will ensure the facades and lot sizes shown in the concept materials are delivered. Staff said the conditions and conceptual site plan will be part of the rezoning approval and will be enforced through subsequent permitting.
No formal opposition spoke at the hearing; the planning commission had previously deferred the request for additional review but later recommended approval with conditions. The council vote finalizes the map amendment; the applicant must proceed through permitting, engineering review and building‑permit processes before construction.
The council’s action updates the City of Stonecrest zoning map and attaches the listed conditions to the property as part of the rezoning approval.
