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Council adopts rezoning to allow smaller single‑family lots at 0 Y Wood Drive
Summary
The Defiance City Council adopted an ordinance rezoning property at 0 Y Wood Drive from Office‑Residential to R‑2 Medium‑Density Residential to allow smaller single‑family lots; the planning commission had recommended approval.
The Defiance City Council adopted an ordinance to rezone property located at 0 Y Wood Drive from OR (Office‑Residential) to R‑2 Medium‑Density Residential, a change the council said will allow narrower single‑family home lots.
City Planner Riddle told the council the applicant is seeking the R‑2 designation “to allow for the developer to construct homes on lots that are smaller,” and said the change will permit narrower lot widths, roughly “50 feet and 72 feet dimensions for those corner lots.” He said the Planning Commission met March 17 and recommended approval to allow greater housing density.
Councilmembers moved to suspend the usual rules for a first reading by caption only and then voted to adopt the ordinance. The council did not record an ordinance number in the meeting transcript. Several councilmembers announced “yes” votes during roll call and the mayor declared the ordinance adopted.
Supporters said the rezoning will permit smaller single‑family parcels and more homes on the site; questions at the meeting focused on lot dimensions and the development pattern. A member of the public asked about an adjacent larger lot; a councilmember and a representative of New Home Development described plans for a related housing area of about 40 grouped units and an existing 15‑unit section; the adjacent white‑space on the map shown during the meeting was identified as the Kroger property and farm ground that was recently annexed.
The council did not attach conditions in the meeting record beyond the rezoning itself; future steps described by staff include developer meetings with city engineering and planning staff, preliminary and final plans reviewed by the Planning Commission, and utility and infrastructure coordination before construction could begin.
The action changes the zoning classification for the listed parcel; it does not by itself approve subdivision plats, final development plans, or building permits, which will require subsequent review and approvals.
