The Prattville Planning Commission voted Dec. 18 to recommend annexation of roughly 103.96 acres for Glenbrook Phase 10 into the city limits, following a staff presentation and public comment about stormwater impacts.

Planning staff said the petitioners seek annexation to continue the subdivision’s master‑planned buildout, with the property proposed for single‑family residential use and connections to Saratoga Lane and Sydney Drive. The staff presentation described the parcel as approximately 103.96 acres and consistent with an already‑approved master sketch plan.

Neighbor Diane Long, who owns property adjacent to the site, told the commission runoff from nearby development has deposited silt on her land and filled a pond, making the property harder to sell. “It’s coming from the runoff… it’s making it more and more difficult for me to be able to sell the property,” Long said, offering that she had photographs documenting the change.

Mayor Gillespie (speaking in his role as a commissioner at the meeting) responded that the city operates under an MS4 stormwater permit and related federal requirements intended to prevent an increase in runoff rates from new development. “There’s supposed to be no additional release of water when they start building houses than as it is today,” the mayor said, framing the MS4 rule as a regulatory constraint staff must follow while acknowledging it may not immediately resolve Long’s property damage complaint.

The commission also heard from Blake Rice of BSI, who explained why the developer has requested an R‑3 zoning classification for Phase 10 rather than R‑2. Rice said the difference centers on side‑yard setback dimensions: R‑3 allows narrower side setbacks that make side‑entry garages and the larger‑lot home pattern common in Glenbrook feasible. “The side yard setbacks in R‑2 are much larger… Glenbrook is predominantly a side‑entry subdivision,” Rice said, adding that the developer’s request relates to side yards and that they would support larger front‑yard setbacks.

A resident speaker urged planners to consider additional access points and more mixed‑use elements for the large neighborhood to avoid funneling traffic through a single exit.

After discussion, the commission read a resolution recommending annexation and moved to approve it. The chair called the question and announced the motion carried.

What happens next: the commission’s resolution is a recommendation; any formal annexation and zoning decisions will require subsequent action by the city council or other governing body per the city’s annexation and land‑use procedures.