Garden City council sustains Planning & Zoning denial of Edgemere Subdivision over parking, landscaping and fire-access concerns

Garden City's City Council voted to sustain the Planning & Zoning Commission's recommendation and deny the Edgemere Subdivision preliminary plat and planned-unit development application (SUV FY 2024-0006) after extended questioning of the applicant and deliberation about public-safety and code compliance.

The project, presented by applicant Jaden Schneider, proposed eight attached townhome units on a 0.52-acre parcel zoned R-3 and asked for multiple waivers including more than four units on a common drive, reduced dimensional and parking standards, reduced perimeter landscaping and reduced required common open space. Schneider described revisions made after design-review and planning hearings: a drop from nine to eight units, added trellises and balconies, four full-size guest-parking stalls and about 4,000 square feet of interior open space (presentation by Schneider). "This is Edgemere Subdivision preliminary plat and PUD," Schneider said while summarizing the site plan and the design iterations.

City staff, represented by Director Thornborough during the staff report, told council the application arrived under an older PUD…