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Staff outlines overlay-district timeline and multiple local development updates
Summary
Planning staff updated the commission on the overlay-district ordinance schedule, accessory dwelling unit paperwork, multiple residential projects including a pending 252‑unit apartment proposal, the restarting of Lakeside Farms preliminary plat, and a water leak delaying splash‑pad parking work.
Planning staff told the commission the first draft of the proposed overlay-district ordinance will be posted online with access to draft regulation tables; the public review period will include an Aug. 12 public hearing where the consultant will attend in person. Staff said the consultant will return in mid‑October to present a final draft at the commission (via Zoom) and then brief the Board of Aldermen at an Oct. 21 work session, with first reading anticipated Nov. 4 and second reading Nov. 18.
Staff also reported that the town’s Citizens Academy registration and a revised volunteer application (which now includes a training-attendance provision) are active. The accessory dwelling unit (ADU) paperwork has been completed and staff has received inquiries but no formal applications as of the meeting.
On development activity, staff said two townhome buildings to the south have temporary certificates of occupancy and the full 64-unit complex is expected to finish soon. The planning office expects an apartment complex application for four buildings totaling about 252 units to be ready for the Aug. 12 meeting. Two months earlier the preliminary plat approval for Lakeside Farms was pulled; the developer has asked to start over and staff will meet with the developer and a new engineer later in the week to discuss revised plans and a rewritten development agreement. Jack said portions of the Lakeside site are in floodplain and that the Wildflower station must be rehabilitated before northern sewer capacity is available.
Staff also described work at the new splash‑pad parking area where contractors found a clay tile water line leaking beneath the area. The valve was turned off and most remedial work is about 90% complete; base compaction and paving are delayed until the area is stabilized.
