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Committee approves RLD‑60 rezoning on Starett Road after contentious public hearing over wetlands, traffic and density
Summary
After months of community meetings and several procedural questions, the Land Use & Zoning Committee approved a rezoning to RLD‑60 for a 42.39‑acre parcel on Starett Road; opponents raised concerns about wetlands, traffic, school capacity and compatibility with surrounding lot sizes.
The Land Use & Zoning Committee voted 4-3 on Oct. 21 to approve ordinance 2025‑0215, a conventional rezoning for about 42.39 acres along Starett Road that will allow development under the RLD‑60 zoning standard rather than the applicant’s earlier townhome plan.
Applicant Cindy Trimmer said the proposal originally sought townhouse development that met strong neighborhood opposition; the developer increased the acreage and amended the request to 60‑foot single‑family lots after community feedback. She said the revised plan reduces density from an earlier 222‑unit townhome proposal to 135 single‑family homes (about 3.19 units per acre) and preserves roughly 8.6 acres of…
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