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Dickinson planners table rezoning request for Heart River neighborhood after resident opposition
Summary
The commission voted Oct. 8, 2025 to table REZ-007-2025, a request to change five lots in the Heart River 4th Subdivision from R-1 to R-2 to allow four 4-unit buildings (16 units). Neighbors cited traffic, safety, parking, property-value and notice concerns; commissioners asked staff to pursue outreach and a development agreement for street extension.
The City of Dickinson Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday voted to table a contested rezoning request after multiple neighbors spoke against the proposed change.
The request, REZ-007-2025, would amend the zoning map from low-density residential (R-1) to medium-density residential (R-2) for Lots 32–36, Block 1 of the Heart River 4th Subdivision (about 1.13 acres). City planner Natalie Burczyk said the rezoning would allow four 4-unit multifamily buildings (16 total units) and that a development agreement would be expected to extend 2nd Avenue SW to provide access to the lots. Staff recommended approval but noted a letter and verbal opposition from neighbors.
Multiple neighbors attended to oppose the rezoning. Kevin Prouse, who said he lives across the street, presented a petition and asked the commission to “consider keeping it R-1,” citing heavy school-route and fire-station traffic on 7th Street SW, parking pressure and concerns about neighborhood character and property values. Ryan Fisher, who lives immediately across the street, told commissioners he regularly sees 15–20 children walking on the route and described frequent high speeds. Presley Krebs, a recent buyer of a lot that abuts the site, said she did not receive a mailed zoning notice and that existing access to her garage depends on the undeveloped 2nd Avenue; the chair replied that notices should have been mailed to properties within 300 feet.
Commissioners discussed site access, the presence of adjacent R-2 zoning to the west, parking requirements that vary by unit type (staff estimated typical off-street parking needs of roughly 6–8 spaces per lot depending on unit mix), and whether an applicant-led neighborhood meeting and a developer agreement to build 2nd Avenue should be required before the commission considers the rezoning. One commissioner said it would be hard to approve when nearly every surrounding homeowner present opposed the change. The commission moved to table REZ-007-2025 to the next meeting to allow staff and the applicant to provide additional documentation, pursue neighborhood outreach and draft a development agreement; the motion carried by voice vote.
Next steps include staff research into historical rezoning attempts, coordination with the applicant on a potential development agreement for 2nd Avenue SW, and an opportunity for more detailed site layout and parking plans at a future hearing.
