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Council approves Winterberry Reserve rezoning and preliminary plat after debate over lot sizes and housing type
Summary
The council approved a rezoning to RS3 with a Planned Unit Development overlay and preliminary subdivision plat for Winterberry Reserve, a 79-lot single-family neighborhood that includes narrower alley-loaded lots; debate focused on density, housing affordability and compatibility with adjacent neighborhoods.
The Common Council approved a rezoning and preliminary plat for Winterberry Reserve, a proposed 22.2-acre subdivision on Summit Avenue that would create 79 single-family lots and two outlots, including an interior block of narrower 40- to 45-foot lots served by a private alley ("carriage lane") and larger perimeter lots.
City staff said the proposed RS3 with a PUD overlay was intended to provide flexibility for narrower, alley-loaded lots while preserving larger lots along the development—dges to transition to existing single-family neighborhoods. The developer, Viridian Homes, and consultant VanWell & Associates described the product as a mix of larger lots on the perimeter and higher-efficiency single-family homes in the interior, with typical alley access and four off-street parking spaces per lot (two inside garages, two behind…
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