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Council continues contentious review of Latitude 38/TB town‑center rezoning; developers request overlay for up to 55 units
Summary
A rezoning and PRD overlay to allow up to 55 units in the Town Center area drew extended public opposition and detailed council scrutiny on parking, stormwater, streets and management; item advanced to first reading and will require a super‑majority to approve the overlay.
Developers seeking to rezone a roughly 7‑acre tract at the southeast corner of Otherton Road and Crestview Drive asked the council to approve a rezoning and planned residential development overlay to permit up to 55 attached and detached dwellings in the Town Center neighborhood‑central district. The rezoning and PRD overlay (agenda bill 29‑67) attracted sustained public comment from nearby residents and extended council discussion over several months of work sessions.
At the March 10 meeting staff presented the ordinance for first reading. The department acknowledged earlier iterations of the proposal with higher densities and said the current plan reduces lot counts while adding a mixture of building clusters. Staff said the rezoning alone can pass by simple majority but that the PRD overlay will require an 11‑member super‑majority of the 16‑member council at second reading.
Residents raised multiple concerns in public testimony and during council questions: parking adequacy and enforcement, narrow streets and emergency access, design compatibility with historic Grover neighborhood, stormwater runoff and potential property damage to lower‑elevation adjacent lots, and long‑term property management for what council members called a first‑of‑its‑type town‑center project. The developer said plans were revised to address fire‑district concerns, removed two of three proposed T‑turnarounds, added a fence along the south property line, and adjusted parking and street widths; the fire marshal reviewed and accepted the revised layout, staff said.
Several council members said they had been assured of a developer-supplied property-management plan, enforcement by police for on‑street parking violations (because internal streets will be public), and construction of a section of ‘‘Main Street’’ streetscape along the project’s north frontage as a public benefit. Questions remain about undergrounding utilities on the existing Crestview Drive north frontage and the timing/cost of constructing adjoining municipal streetscapes.
The item received a first reading and will return for second reading; staff said they expect an amended bill for final passage at the April meeting and reminded the council the overlay requires 11 votes for final adoption.
