A developer seeking to rezone about 29.86 acres at 825 East Forestville Road withdrew the petition Wednesday after the Greenwood Common Council approved an amendment prohibiting vinyl siding on the proposed homes.

The petition, introduced as Ordinance 25-38, would have changed the property’s zoning from industrial to RA residential and allow construction of roughly 102 single-family detached lots. The developer’s representative said the plan had a unanimous favorable recommendation from the Plan Commission but objected to one of nine conditions that would require a “mixed residential” makeup under the city’s comprehensive plan.

“We are proposing 102 lots, single family detached,” the petitioner said during the presentation, and asked the council to remove the third condition that called for a mixed-residential composition.

Planning staff acknowledged support for residential development but urged the developer to include greater housing variety to meet the comprehensive plan’s intent. “Staff was simply working for ways that we could increase our housing diversity in this area,” Mr. Nelson, city planning staff, told the council, noting modest approaches such as a few alley-loaded or patio homes rather than large, segregated townhome blocks.

After debate and questions from councilmembers about neighborhood character and whether the comprehensive plan requirement could be scaled to modest variations in product, Councilmember Hopper moved to amend the ordinance to ban use of vinyl siding in the development. The amendment passed on a roll-call vote, 7–0.

Shortly after the amendment’s passage, the petitioner informed the council they would withdraw the petition from final action that night. The council chair confirmed the withdrawal; staff explained the petitioner could return to the Plan Commission and refile under normal timelines or seek a refiling that would not trigger the one-year cooling-off period, depending on procedure.

The council did not vote on the underlying rezoning after the withdrawal. Planning staff said the petitioner retains the option to resubmit and work with staff on a revised commitment package that could address both the city’s desire for housing variety and the developer’s market-driven product mix.