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Columbia council rejects comprehensive-plan change and denies related rezoning near Troutwood Avenue
Summary
The City of Columbia council voted down a proposed amendment to the comprehensive plan (item 10.5) on first consideration and then denied the companion rezoning (item 10.6), after staff and the planning commission said the proposal was inconsistent with the city's comp plan.
The City of Columbia council voted on Sept. 11 to reject a developer-led amendment to the city’s comprehensive plan for land near Troutwood Avenue and to deny the companion rezoning request tied to that amendment.
Developer Adam Crunk of Crunk Engineering told the council the applicants had coordinated with neighboring property owners on infrastructure, including a pump station and force main for sewer access, and described the requested density as limited. “The density that we're proposing here is only 2 units per acre,” Crunk said, and he urged council approval of the comprehensive-plan change to allow future rezoning and development.
But the planning commission had recommended against amending the comprehensive plan. City planning staffer Paul Keltner told council members the commission concluded the property’s future-land-use designation has been stable across recent plan versions and that changing the comp plan would push more intensive suburban…
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