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Planning commission recommends rezoning of two Frymuth Road parcels to 3-acre residential lots
Summary
The St. Charles County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a zoning map amendment that would change two adjoining parcels on Frymuth Road from agricultural (5-acre minimum) to RR rural residential (3-acre minimum); the applicant and neighbors discussed access, easements and homeowners association obligations.
The St. Charles County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a zoning map amendment that would rezone two adjoining parcels near 2367 Frymuth Road from an agricultural district (minimum 5-acre lots) to RR rural residential (minimum 3-acre lots).
County planning staff told the commission the request covers about 6 acres across two parcels and “recommends that the Planning and Zoning Commission recommend approval of this rezoning application,” noting the change would align the parcels with the county’s 2030 master plan and with surrounding parcel sizes.
Applicant Thomas H. Vogel said the owner’s intent is to “get this property ready to have 2 3 acre lots instead of a 2 acre and a 4 acre.” Vogel and owner Dorothy Vogelsang told the commission the lots are not within the Birdsong Meadows subdivision and currently rely on individual wells and septic systems.
Neighbors raised access and homeowners-association concerns. Timothy Ferber, who lives at 1934 Nightingale Court, told the commission Nightingale Court is privately owned and maintained by Birdsong Meadows and said any lot seeking access to that road “need to join Birdsong Meadows Association with their appropriate assessments and abide by the bylaws.” The commission clarified it cannot require a private homeowners association to grant access; such agreements must be negotiated between the property owner and the association.
Arnie C. Dinoff, county public advocate, said the staff recommendation and the current septic and well service meet county minimums but urged a recorded ingress/egress easement to prevent future landlocked parcels, saying, “I would encourage the commission ... that there be an easement or an egress, egress, an ingress, to the second property being, developed here.”
After public testimony the commission voted to recommend approval to the County Council. The planning commission’s vote was recorded in favor and will be transmitted as a recommendation; final action on the rezoning will be taken by the County Council when the item is introduced July 14, 2025.
The record shows the rezoning proposal does not add public water or sewer service; any future subdivision or development would be subject to separate platting, access, and utility requirements under the Unified Development Ordinance and county procedures.
