The Hudson Planning Commission approved a conditional‑use application allowing a temporary model‑home sales office and adjacent temporary parking lot at the Preserve of Hudson, part of a Pulte Homes townhouse community. The commission voted 6–0 to grant conditional approval under six conditions enumerated by the commission.

The conditional use covers a sales office operated from a converted garage on a building that will be restored to residential use before final occupancy, and a small temporary parking area to support sales activity. The commission’s motion, moved by Commissioner Romano and seconded by Commissioner Animarado, sets a two‑year automatic lapse for the temporary use; confines deliveries and loading to the temporary lot; limits activity to new‑home sales; caps employees on site at three; restricts showing hours to 9 a.m.–8 p.m.; and excludes any features not previously approved by the planning commission.

During a sustained question‑and‑answer period, commissioners pressed the applicant on parking, drainage, accessibility and the sequencing of construction. Pulte Homes representative Keith Filipkowski said the sales operation will be “appointment only,” that the community is expected to sell through “in a matter of two years,” and that the sales garage would be removed or returned to a garage before the final building receives a certificate of occupancy. On accessibility, Filipkowski said the model will be “ADA accessible” in the path from the temporary parking area to the unit but added that interior building code requirements for bathrooms are a building‑code question.

Staff and commissioners discussed how the city’s Land Development Code applies to temporary model‑home parking and loading. City staff said the code does not have a clear, dedicated parking standard for model homes in the parking table and noted uncertainty about whether loading‑area dimensional standards in section 12.07.12 applied the same way to a temporary residential‑use sales office. The commission added a condition to confine deliveries to the temporary lot to reduce the chance of curbside loading off internal private drives.

The approval is expressly limited to the temporary sales office described in the application packet; the commission required that any features not part of the original submission must return for separate review. The motion passed on a roll call vote of Smith (yes), Animarado (yes), Nystrom (yes), Obert (yes), Romano (yes) and Norman (yes).

Next steps: the applicant will operate under the two‑year temporary permit terms and must comply with the six conditions the commission read into the record. Any deviations from the approved plan, additional signage, or permanent structural changes will require further review.