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Denison commission tables rezoning request for 2430 W. Coffin St.; asks applicant to attend June 10 meeting
Summary
A request to rezone roughly 7.8 acres at 2430 West Coffin Street from SF‑7.5 to SF‑5 (conceptual 42‑lot plan) was tabled to the June 10 Planning and Zoning meeting after residents raised safety, pipeline and flooding concerns and commissioners noted the applicant was not present.
The Denison Planning and Zoning Commission on May 27 voted to table a proposed rezoning of 2430 West Coffin Street from single‑family 7.5 (SF‑7.5) to single‑family 5 (SF‑5), a change that the applicant said would allow a conceptual layout of about 42 single‑family lots.
Staff described the request as a conceptual rezoning: if approved, the applicant would later submit preliminary and civil engineering plans, a tree survey and a traffic impact estimate if required; streets, water, sewer and detention would be built to city standards, and impact and park dedication fees would be collected at the appropriate permit stages. Staff noted that 42 lots "would not warrant a traffic impact analysis" at the current stage but that the analysis could be required during plan review.
Multiple nearby residents opposed the rezoning during the public hearing. Resident Robert Meers told commissioners a major gas pipeline runs behind his and his neighbors' houses and warned that "there's 800 pounds per square inch of gas comes through that pipeline," expressing concern about excavation near the line. Meers and other speakers also cited Coffin Street's narrow width, vehicle speeds and recent traffic increases as safety concerns. Resident David Schindler raised flooding and runoff concerns, the potential for reduced lot sizes to affect nearby property values, and the possibility that more intensive subdivision of nearby acreage could follow.
Commissioners said many of the technical issues cited by speakers — traffic mitigation, flood control, utilities and pipeline safety — are reviewed during the preliminary plat and civil engineering stages if the rezoning proceeds. Several commissioners objected that the applicant was not present to answer questions; one asked that the case be tabled until the applicant could appear. A motion to table the item until the June 10 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting passed; the public hearing will be reopened at that meeting. Staff noted the required legal advertisement for the item has already occurred and that no further public notice for the tabled hearing was required.
