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Commission reviews amended Kirkpatrick Gallatin plan adding 21 acres; staff flags density and lot‑width mix
Summary
Planning staff briefed the Gallatin Planning Commission on a proposed amendment to the Kirkpatrick Gallatin rezoning and preliminary master development plan that would add approximately 21 acres known as the Wheeler Farm to the previously approved project.
Planning staff briefed the Gallatin Planning Commission on a proposed amendment to the Kirkpatrick Gallatin rezoning and preliminary master development plan that would add approximately 21 acres known as the Wheeler Farm to the previously approved project.
“They are proposing to amend that plan by adding the Wheeler Farm into that project. It's about 21 acres, which would increase the number of units,” a staff planner said, noting the originally approved Kirkpatrick plan had been approved by city council last month for roughly 278 units.
Staff described several changes that accompany the added acreage: a modest rise in overall density (staff cited a previous figure of about 2.145 units per acre for the approved Kirkpatrick plan versus 2.39 units per acre in the amended submission), adjustments to lot distribution and layout, and the inclusion of alley‑loaded housing products. A staff planner said: “We did have comments just over the overall distribution…we didn't want too many of the skinnier lots…we recommend maybe we stick with the density that was approved with the Kirkpatrick plan.”
Commissioners and the applicant discussed lot widths (blue = alley loaded, pink = 42‑foot lots, orange = 52‑foot lots, yellow = 84‑foot lots on the display) and suggested tradeoffs that could preserve the added acreage while keeping the net density closer to the previously approved number by increasing the share of 52‑foot lots and reducing 42‑foot lots. Staff also told the commission the proposal realigns Ferguson Boulevard to remove a jog shown on earlier plans and that the plan includes pedestrian connections and greenway trails; the development will not provide a vehicular connection into Nichols Circle but will include a pedestrian link.
Keegan McCormick, the project engineer, and Ken Knuckles, representing the developer, were present to answer technical questions. Staff said the amended plan constitutes a significant major amendment and, because it includes rezoning, will go to city council after the commission makes a recommendation in three weeks.
No vote on the amendment took place at the work session; commissioners gave feedback and directed the applicant to refine lot mixes and density calculations before the formal hearing.
