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Council delays Manning Road rezoning after residents cite safety and school-capacity concerns
Summary
Suffolk City Council agreed to continue the rezoning of about 113 acres along Manning Road until January after residents and school officials raised concerns about road safety, traffic study scope and overcrowded elementary and middle schools; applicant reduced the proposed density from 300 to 270 units and offered $1.9 million for Kilby Shores Elementary.
Suffolk City Council voted on November 24 to defer action on a proposed rezoning of roughly 113 acres along Manning Road — known in materials as the Lake Point (formerly Ellis Farms) project — after more than an hour of public comment from nearby residents and two city staff presentations.
The developer has revised its plan to reduce maximum density from 300 homes to 270 and has proffered a $1,900,000 cash contribution toward capacity improvements at Kilby Shores Elementary School, city planner Kevin Wine told the council. Wine said the RLM designation would allow up to 2.9 units per acre and that the applicant’s updated proffers would lower the project's density to about 2.56 units per acre and preserve about 45% of the site as open space.
But the hearing…
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