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Commission backs rezoning for multifamily project with reduced landscape buffer and added masonry wall after neighbor concerns
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-0 Sept. 23 to approve a PD-to-PD rezoning to allow multifamily development with modifications: a requested reduction in an adjacency landscape buffer from 20 to 5 feet in limited locations, a proposed increase in density to roughly 30.9 units per acre, an 8-foot masonry wall along single-family borders, a
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-0 Sept. 23 to recommend approval of a rezoning request that would allow multifamily residential development and several modifications to standard development requirements. The recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council for a final decision on Oct. 21, 2025.
City planner Stewart Stahler summarized the applicant’s request: rezoning the site from PD to PD to permit multifamily uses, a requested reduction in the adjacency landscape buffer from 20 feet to 5 feet along portions of the eastern boundary adjacent to a utility substation and the southern/western portions near existing multifamily, and an increase in maximum density (applicant initially requested up to 33 units per acre). Stahler said the applicant proposed mitigation measures including an 8-foot masonry wall where the site abuts single-family residential, prohibition of patios and balconies above ground level within 100 feet of single-family homes, and an increase in the number of amenities from five to seven. “Staff finds that the proposed multifamily use to be consistent with the surrounding development patterns,” Stahler said, and recommended approval.
Applicant Zach Johnston of Endeavor Real Estate Group explained design rationale and economic context, saying that the planned development totals just under 11 acres and that the project as designed equates to about 30.9 units per acre—he described this as “a small density increase from 30 to 31 units per acre.” Johnston said the project’s layout includes a mix of three-story and a four-story building (a basement condition on the west), parking contained in a small two-level garage structure, and landscape buffering and an eight-foot masonry wall on the single-family borders.
Several nearby residents spoke during the public hearing to oppose multifamily on the parcel. Megan Law, who said she lives at 3421 Steamboat Drive in the El Dorado Point neighborhood, said: “I don't see this as the answer, a seventh apartment complex being built.” Another resident said they had purchased their home because of the 11-acre farm behind their home and urged single-family development instead, echoing concern about property values and school impacts.
Commissioners asked the applicant for clarifications on buffer locations, existing walls, building elevations and parking. Johnston said the required parking ratio is 1.75 spaces per unit and estimated that at minimum the project would provide 588 spaces to meet that standard. Commissioner discussion noted the site’s narrow, deep configuration and that, under the current PD with an underlying R43 (large-lot) designation, single-family development would require much larger lots and may not be feasible. Commissioner James moved to approve the rezoning request; Commissioner Charles seconded. The motion carried 7-0 and will be forwarded to City Council for final action on Oct. 21, 2025.
The commission’s recommendation approves the rezoning and the described deviations as a package for consideration by City Council; final site plans, elevations and any additional technical reports were not approved at this hearing and remain subject to staff review and council action.
