Fayetteville City planning staff reviewed a conceptual plat for an eight‑unit townhouse project at West Fifteenth Street and South Dunn and provided advisory and technical comments for the applicant to address prior to permit submittal.

Aaron Long of Blue and Associates presented the concept for an 8‑unit townhouse development on roughly 0.33 acres in an RMF‑24 zone. Planning staff noted the city recently amended its parking ordinance and advised that the formal parking requirement for this project would be two spaces per unit (16 spaces total) unless the project can document vesting under prior standards. Planning also said reductions tied to bicycle, motorcycle or transit proximity were no longer available under the new ordinance; the project team asked the city attorney to confirm vesting status for applications submitted before the change.

Staff reminded the applicant that exterior fixtures should meet dark‑sky orientation requirements, that mechanical equipment must be screened from the street, and that additional details such as flood study triggers and drive access must be addressed. Fire and building staff emphasized minimum drive widths and that buildings with less than required separation may require one‑hour rated walls and opening limitations. Urban Forestry requested a site analysis explaining why canopy preservation fell below the 20% minimum and asked for concrete washout, materials storage, and traffic‑flow notation on the tree plan; reviewers recommended species substitutions where trees would conflict with overhead utilities.

Planning clarified the conceptual review does not grant approvals and that the applicant can resubmit submittals or proceed with permitting after addressing staff comments and confirming which standards apply. No legislative action was taken at the Techbot meeting.