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Staff outline two rezoning proposals that together would add 281 homes and proffer school contributions
Summary
City planning staff presented two rezoning applications — Prudent Lake Prince (147 units, $147,000 school proffer) and Lakeside Reserve (134 units, $1,780,000 school proffer). City staff noted traffic turn-lane differences and scheduled commission/public hearing dates; Lakeside Reserve was deferred.
City planning staff told the council on Nov. 5 that two sizable rezoning applications are under review and will require upcoming public hearings.
"The first being the Prudent Lake Prince development," Kevin Wine, director of planning and community development, said in a presentation outlining the two applications. Wine described Prudent Lake Prince as an approximately 80-acre site at Lake Prince and Prudent Boulevard proposed to be rezoned from rural estate (RE) to a split zoning of B-2 (front 13.5 acres) and RM (about 66 acres) to allow a residential medium development. The applicant is proposing 147 dwelling units (2.8 units per acre) and has proffered a cash contribution of $1,000 per home, totaling $147,000 toward the school system; Wine said that amount is "significantly lower" than the UDO's adequate public facilities estimate.
Wine also described traffic-related proffers for the site: the UDO's typical requirement would call for left- and right-turn lanes at entrances along Lake Prince (a major collector with a posted speed limit of 45 mph), but the applicant is proffering only a right-hand turn lane at the main entrance.
The second application, "Lakeside Reserve," is roughly 30 acres south of Murphy's Mill Road. Wine said the developer seeks a conditional rezoning to RU (residential urban) permitting up to 10.9 units per acre and proposes 134 units in a mix of 46 townhomes and 78 single-family detached dwellings in a condominium ownership form. The applicant proffered school-capacity advances for Elephants Fork Elementary School and Kings Fork High School totaling $1,780,000 and additional road improvements identified in their traffic-impact analysis (TIA). Wine noted the applicant requested a deferral; the planning commission public hearing was rescheduled to December, pushing council consideration tentatively to January.
Wine said Prudent Lake Prince is scheduled for the Planning Commission on Nov. 18 with a tentative council public hearing on Dec. 17. Lakeside Reserve was deferred and will appear later on the planning-commission and council calendars.
No council votes were taken on the rezoning items at this meeting; Wine closed by directing members to the city website for application materials and supporting exhibits submitted by applicants.
Next steps: Prudent Lake Prince to Planning Commission Nov. 18, tentative council public hearing Dec. 17; Lakeside Reserve deferred to December Planning Commission and tentatively to council in January.
