Derby residents allege misconduct, flood impacts in protest of proposed rezoning at Woodlawn and 50 Fifth

Two Derby residents used the council’s public-forum period on Aug. 12 to press the council to halt a proposed rezoning at the “Southwest Corner Of Woodlawn And 50 Fifth,” raising two separate sets of concerns: neighborhood flooding and runoff tied to recent development, and what they called improper conduct by members of the Planning Commission.

Audrey Goff, who identified herself as a Derby resident at 3201 North Woodlawn Boulevard, said the proposal would change the property’s zoning from “ag single dwelling” (the pre-annexation designation) to R-2 rental duplexes and that “the majority of residents in the surrounding area” opposed the change and had submitted a petition on the city’s website. She said the rezoning would harm owners of adjacent large-lot single-family properties and would increase runoff in an area that already…