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Planning commission recommends rezoning Cook's Meadow lots to allow duplexes, with sale-only condition
Summary
The Dickinson Planning and Zoning Commission voted May 14 to recommend approval of a zoning map amendment to reclassify three Cook's Meadow Hills lots from R-1 to R-2 to allow attached single‑family residences (duplexes). The commission added a condition that units be sold rather than used as rental properties.
The City of Dickinson Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday recommended approval of a zoning map amendment to change three lots in Cook's Meadow Hills Fourth Addition from low‑density residential (R‑1) to medium‑density residential (R‑2), saying the reclassification would allow single‑family attached residences on the roughly 1.51‑acre site.
City planner Natalie Burchek told commissioners the applicant submitted the rezoning request to permit single‑family attached residences that are not allowed in R‑1 zoning and that staff recommends approval. The property is legally described as Lots 2 through 4 of Block 14, Cook's Meadow Hills Fourth Addition. An associated irregular plat will be considered if the rezoning is approved.
Neighbor Janet Perkle, whose property borders the site, said she was told at the subdivision's 2012 platting that buffer zones would separate rural residential, R‑1 and R‑2 uses and that changing the three lots to R‑2 would remove that promised buffer. "By changing this zoning, now you've eliminated the buffer of the R‑1 between my rural residential," Perkle said. She also expressed concern that the new units could become rental housing and said the neighborhood currently consists of individually owned homes.
Applicant Kelvin Wall, who identified himself as living in Dickinson, told the commission the plan is for two duplexes “for sale, not a fourplex” and that the submitted irregular plat would be for four homes; rearrangement could allow one additional unit on a neighboring western lot. Burchek said staff had not received public comment before the hearing and that a separate rezoning application for an adjacent lot had been filed to avoid leaving an R‑1 island.
Commissioners added a condition to the motion that the duplex units be intended for sale and not be used as rental properties. A motion recommending the rezoning — finding it consistent with the City of Dickinson comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance and in the interest of public health, safety and welfare — carried on a voice vote with no recorded opposition.
The commission's recommendation will go to the City Commission for final action. If approved, the applicant will still need to finalize the irregular plat and any building permits required for the duplex construction.
Votes at a glance: REZ‑002‑2025 — recommend approval (voice vote; no recorded opposition).
