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Council approves conditional rezone for Pine Brook townhomes with strict affordability, size and landscaping limits
Summary
After hours of public comment from neighbors and housing advocates, the Summit County Council approved a conditional rezone of the Pine Brook parcel to permit up to 12 deed-restricted units, sets an AMI mix and requires tree preservation, a development agreement and a planning-commission CUP.
The Summit County Council voted to rezone a 1.1-acre Pine Brook parcel to allow a limited affordable-housing project after a lengthy public hearing that drew more than a dozen neighbors and housing advocates.
Council members approved a conditional rezoning to community-commercial zoning with specific restrictions: a maximum of 12 residential units, all deed-restricted; a required affordability mix of six units at 60% of area median income (AMI) and six units at 80% AMI; a prohibition on nightly rentals and other commercial uses; preservation of existing trees within a 24-foot side-yard buffer (or replacement plantings if removal is unavoidable); and final approval by a development agreement and a conditional-use permit reviewed by the planning commission. The vote followed a motion that also made the development agreement and the planning-commission CUP…
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