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Council hears first reading of Remington Farms PUD; questions focus on traffic, sewer and school site
Summary
Shelbyville council received a first reading of an ordinance to rezone about 158 acres on Union Street as the Remington Farms planned unit development. Council members pressed the developer on traffic mitigation, sewer funding (developer said commitment is now 'over $1,000,000') and use of 20 acres donated for a future school.
Mayor opened new business with the first reading of an ordinance to rezone roughly 158 acres on Union Street to a planned unit development for the Remington Farms project. The ordinance text read the parcel descriptions and said the change implements the planning commission recommendation and updates the official zoning map.
Tom, speaking for planning staff, described an amended plan that reduces the original unit count by about 200 (from an earlier 715 down to 535 units). The plan proposes a mix of single‑family homes and townhomes, reserves about 20 acres as a potential future school site and allocates roughly 9.83 acres for commercial use. Tom said the submittal shows gross densities of about 3.49 single‑family units per acre and 9.57 townhome units per acre and that the development would phase in over 11–12 phases.
Council members focused on three mitigation areas Tom and…
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