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Darden Prairie board postpones second readings on four development ordinances; first readings advanced
Summary
The Board of Aldermen read four development ordinances by title — covering Darden Prairie Apartments, Condos at Town Center, a rezoning at Darden Town Square and the Prairie Encore PUD — and postponed second readings to the next meeting; a developer described adjustments responding to fire‑marshal concerns.
The Darden Prairie Board of Aldermen on a regularly scheduled meeting read four development ordinances by title and moved the second readings to the Jan. 8 meeting, delaying final action on multiple amended planned‑unit developments and a rezoning.
An official reading by the clerk introduced Bill 2460, described as "an ordinance of the city of Darden Prairie, Missouri, approving the first amended PUD area plan for a certain development commonly known as the Darden Prairie Apartments." The board also advanced Bill 2461 (the Condos at Town Center amended PUD), Bill 2462 (rezoning of Darden Town Square Resubdivision Lot 12 C to a C‑3 retail commercial district and approving an area plan) and Bill 2463 (the third amended PUD final plan for Prairie Encore). Each bill was read by title; the board voted to schedule second readings at the next meeting rather than take final votes tonight.
The representative for the Darden Prairie Apartments project described changes made to satisfy the fire district and circulation standards, saying the amended plan now places six three‑story buildings on the site and reduces the unit count to roughly 144 units with revised parking, clubhouse, pool and recreational amenities. The presenter said the revised layout was driven by the fire marshal’s spacing and circulation requirements and asked the board for approval of the amended area plan. The board discussed whether the packages were administrative or substantive; one member urged caution about routinely moving to second readings without full deliberation.
Board members voted by voice to read the bills and deferred final action. There was no final adoption of any ordinance this evening; the second readings were scheduled for Jan. 8.
The board also opened and closed several public hearings tied to the same development packages earlier in the meeting, hearing no substantive public testimony during the hearings that preceded the bill readings.
The meeting record does not include a full roll‑call tally for the second‑reading scheduling votes beyond the chair’s announcement that the motions carried and the vocal ‘Aye’ responses; the clerk read each ordinance title into the record.
