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Bartlett Planning Commission backs rezoning for 21.85-acre subdivision despite neighbors’ drainage and tree concerns
Summary
After a public hearing in which nearby residents raised drainage, tree-loss and traffic concerns, the Planning Commission unanimously forwarded a positive recommendation to rezone 21.85 acres near Old Brownsville Road from RS-18 to RS-15, allowing smaller single-family lots, with staff conditions.
The Bartlett Planning Commission on Nov. 3 unanimously forwarded a positive recommendation to rezone 21.85 acres on the north side of Old Brownsville Road (near Ellendale Road) from RS-18 to RS-15, a change that would reduce the minimum lot size from 18,000 square feet to 15,000 square feet and increase permissible density from about 2 lots per acre to roughly 2.5 lots per acre. Director Richard Taylor presented the staff report and recommended approval with conditions listed in the staff packet.
Tim D'Agostino of WH Porter Consultants, representing the property owner (Sam Guffin Properties), told the commission the rezoning is intended to align new lots with surrounding planned developments; he said roughly one-third of the site is encumbered by a non-buildable stream buffer, which informed the…
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