Council Annexes 30.22 Acres on Paynes Depot Road, Approves R-2 PUD Zoning After Debate on Density and Infrastructure

Georgetown — The Georgetown City Council voted on Aug. 11 to annex roughly 30.22 acres along Paynes Depot Road (Scott County PVA parcel 140-10-052) into city limits and to rezone the property to R-2 Planned Unit Development (PUD), contingent on the annexation taking effect.

Council passed the annexation ordinance on a 4-3 roll-call vote. A separate ordinance to change the property’s zoning classification from A-1 agricultural to R-2 PUD passed 5-2. Sponsors listed for the annexation and zoning measures were Councilmembers Tammy Leslie Mitchell and Kim Minkie.

The vote followed more than an hour of questions from council members and technical answers from the developer team, planning staff and public-safety chiefs. Developers described a mixed residential plan that includes townhomes and multifamily buildings and said stormwater and public-works standards would be met. City planning staff and the developer’s representatives said the development will include stormwater infrastructure designed to meet Georgetown/Scott County plant commission requirements.

Council members pressed the applicant on traffic and access, noting Payne’s Depot Road is narrow at the proposed site. The developer said plans include a left-turn lane into the property and that a traffic study recommends queuing and turn-lane improvements; final lane and queuing details will be reviewed during the development-plan review and Technical Review Committee process. Planning staff said a preliminary design anticipates meeting minimum width standards and that future development plans will require further TRC review.

The rezoning application also requests several dimensional adjustments tied to the PUD format: reduced lot-width standards for a subset of lots, increased units-per-building for the multifamily portion and provisions to allow attached townhomes with zero-lot lines. Planning staff said many of the…