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Centerville council adopts overhaul of Traditional Neighborhood and PUD standards
Summary
On Sept. 18, 2025, the Centerville Town Council approved Ordinance 12-20-25, a substantial update to the town’s Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) standards, definitions and certain Planned Unit Development (PUD) and parking provisions after public hearings and written comment.
The Centerville Town Council adopted Ordinance 12-20-25 on Sept. 18, 2025, updating definitions, parking standards, Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) provisions and certain Planned Unit Development (PUD) standards in Chapter 170 of the town code.
Town Attorney Sharon Van Emberg and staff described the ordinance as the product of the planning commission’s multi-month work while Centerville’s moratorium on certain new development standards was in effect. The planning commission and staff framed the overhaul as primarily aimed at the TND provisions while also making targeted changes that overlap with parking and definition sections of the code. Gay Adams, town clerk, certified that Ordinance 12-20-25 was advertised in the Bay Times Record Observer on Aug. 22, 2025.
Attorney Joe Stevens spoke for Providence Centerville LLC, which owns Providence Farm and is one of the parcels most directly affected by the TND changes. Stevens said his client supports the ordinance and is prepared to proceed once the ordinance is adopted; he also noted that preliminary engineering for a sewer plant had been approved and would assist downstream development steps.
Council members acknowledged written comments submitted on the ordinance, including letters from the county and from a developer (Green Development Inc.) raising questions about accessory building provisions, the definition and treatment of "active" open space, and whether clubhouse or private amenities should count toward open-space requirements. Council members and staff discussed points raised in those letters: planning commissioners had sought to require that certain open spaces be publicly accessible and to clarify which amenities (for example, trails and ball courts) would count as active open space and which private, membership-only amenities (such as private clubhouses) would not.
Council members said much of the clarity sought on specific points would be resolved during subsequent site-specific planning and the town’s broader code review planned for the coming year. After discussion, a motion to adopt Ordinance 12-20-25 passed by roll call vote. The roll call recorded the five council members present as voting in favor: Ashley H. Kiser (president), Jeffrey D. Kiel (vice president), Daniel B. Worth, Jim A. Beauchamp and Sandra Lee Hufford.
Council members said they consider the ordinance a compromise reflecting planning commission recommendations and that any necessary refinements to state-related accessory-building rules or other technical code items can be addressed in follow-up code revisions.
