Planning commission approves two changes for Davis Homes commitments, delays third for legal review

The Greenwood Advisory Planning Commission on Feb. 24 approved modifications to two of the rezoning commitments attached to a 32.93-acre Davis Homes development and continued a third commitment for two weeks for legal and boundary review.

The actions followed a public hearing on petition PC2025-007, when attorney Scribe Bay of Baywood Law Firm, representing the petitioner Davis Homes, asked the commission to revise three of the commitments that were entered during an earlier annexation and rezoning (Ordinance 21-14). Bay said Davis Homes can accept most previous commitments but seeks to change two items and clarify a third. "All internal roads per municipal code shall be constructed per city agreement standards. Internal roads shall be public," Bay read as the proposed amended wording for the internal-roads commitment, and staff signaled support for that change.

Why it matters: The changes alter who will own and maintain streets inside the new neighborhood, permit the developer to seek dimensional variances from the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) rather than being barred from requesting variance relief, and leave unresolved how far Davis Homes must…