Garden City council approves 12‑lot Amigo Subdivision, drops certain PUD conditions

Nick Louie of Urban Design Build presented the Amigo Subdivision for Binion Buildings LLC (transcript also spells the owner name 'Minion' in places), saying the site at 3921 and 3933 Adams Street in Garden City covers about 0.56 acres in R‑3 mixed‑use zoning and would be divided into 12 lots (11 buildable residential lots and one common lot).

Louie described a mix of unit types — one single‑family, one duplex, one triplex and one five‑plex — and said the project would provide 27 parking spaces (22 in garages and five guest stalls) and about 3,200 square feet of shared open space. “We are proposing 12 lots,” Louie said when summarizing the layout, and added the single‑family unit is a three‑bedroom. He told the council the design includes varied front doors and modest façade differences while keeping consistent garage door colors per planning guidance.

Staff told the council the application originally came in as a planned unit development but now meets code as a straight subdivision, and that a set of highlighted conditions in the Planning & Zoning recommended decision could be removed because staff had verified code compliance. Staff also flagged a few technical points for later building review, including eave and zero‑setback details required for townhomes and the need for foundations two feet above base flood elevation where the corner of the property sits in the flood plain.

A material point in the deliberation concerned a proposed public access easement along the south property line. Louie said the adjacent Riverplace subdivision dead‑ends into the parcel and that the requested 12‑foot easement with a 10‑foot sidewalk and lighting would be effectively landlocked and could create privacy issues; he said the applicant had attempted to coordinate with the neighboring property owner without success.

Council President Page and other council members thanked the applicant and staff, said they supported removing the highlighted PUD conditions that staff had verified as unnecessary, and moved to sustain the Planning & Zoning Commission recommendation with those conditions removed. The motion was seconded and passed on a roll call; the clerk recorded affirmative votes and the mayor declared the application approved.

The council approved the preliminary subdivision and instructed staff and the applicant to continue working through the remaining design‑review and building‑permit details before final plat and construction. The record includes staff's recommended decision (packet pages referenced during the hearing) and conditions verified by staff; the council’s approval preserves the items staff identified for later technical review.