Andover planning commission backs ‘Thoroughbred’ PUD despite resident drainage, contamination concerns

The Andover Planning Commission on Sept. 9 voted to recommend approval of a preliminary planned-unit development called “Thoroughbred,” a multiparcel proposal along the US 54400 corridor that would allow mixed-use and multifamily development. The commission’s recommendation will be forwarded to the governing body for final consideration on Oct. 14, 2025.

The PUD, described by the city’s zoning administrator and the applicant’s engineer as a phased plan that places denser commercial and mixed uses near the highway and multifamily residential toward the south, would rezone an agricultural parcel into multiple lots with MXR (multifamily) and B5 (highway mixed-use) designations. Applicant Brian Lindaback of MKEC Engineering said the owners “do desire to put in multifamily housing on the southern parcel,” but stressed the…