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Annexation request for 1749 Columbia Road stalls after neighbors raise runoff and flooding concerns
Summary
A developer sought annexation of a wooded parcel at 1749 Columbia Road for four single-family homes; neighbors raised repeated stormwater and flooding concerns and the planning committee did not set a public hearing.
A request to annex a wooded parcel at 1749 Columbia Road into Homewood so a developer could build four single-family houses drew strong neighborhood opposition and did not advance after a planning-commission committee vote on Feb. 3.
Developer Jim Hoy (identified in the meeting as the applicant) told the planning committee he bought the parcel about 14 months ago and proposed four roughly 2,500-square-foot homes with two-car garages. He said prior versions of the plan had proposed more units but that the current layout reduces grading and runoff. The developer said utilities would be extended to serve the lots and that he and his…
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