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Walnut Creek neighbors back Covington Medical rezoning after conditional overlay limits height and density
Summary
Speakers from the Walnut Creek Neighborhood Association told the Zoning and Planning Commission they support rezoning case C14-2025-0091 for 'Covington Medical' because the applicant agreed to a conditional overlay limiting height to 40 feet and FAR to 0.5:1; the commission approved the consent agenda unanimously.
The Zoning and Planning Commission approved its consent agenda Tuesday evening, including a rezoning request for a proposed Covington Medical development after the applicant agreed to a conditional overlay limiting building height and density.
During public comment, Robert Meadows, president of the Walnut Creek Neighborhood Association, said neighborhood leaders met with the applicant’s design team and support the rezoning as modified. “The board of directors of the Walnut Creek Neighborhood Association has made the decision to support applicants' request for rezoning in this case to GOCO now modified as proposed,” Meadows said, citing the overlay that restricts height to 40 feet and sets the floor-area ratio at 0.5 to 1.
Jennifer Bristol, a Walnut Creek resident, said she would have opposed the zoning change without the conditional overlay. “Had they not come up with a conditional overlay, I would be adamantly opposed to this zoning change,” Bristol said, and thanked the commission and applicant representatives for meeting with the neighborhood.
Chair Hank Smith read the consent agenda and identified the rezoning as case C14-2025-0091. Commissioners moved and seconded to close the public hearing and adopt the consent agenda; the chair called the vote and said the motion passed unanimously.
The conditional overlay cited at the hearing restricts the site to a maximum height of 40 feet (approximately three stories) and a maximum FAR of 0.5:1. Meadows and other residents noted that while they support the rezoning as modified, the neighborhood still has “substantial concerns” about the conceptual site plan and expects further design conversations with the applicant as the project moves forward.
The commission also listed other consent items that passed with the motion, including a separate rezoning case for property near North IH‑35 and a partial vacation of right-of-way in the Colony Park Sustainable Initiative PUD Phase 1. The meeting record shows 10 of 11 commissioners present for the vote; the chair stated the result as unanimous.
Next steps for the Covington Medical rezoning will follow normal post-decision procedures; the consent-agenda approval advances the rezoning under the conditional overlay terms announced at the meeting.
