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Planning Commission recommends approval of Bella Mesa South site plan, advancing 93 townhomes to Town Council
Summary
The Town of Castle Rock Planning Commission voted 4-0 to recommend approval of the Bella Mesa South site development plan amendment. The proposal would build 93 townhomes on roughly 9 acres, below the parcel's 186-unit zoning cap, and includes 243 on-site parking spaces and a photometric plan to limit light spill to neighbors.
The Town of Castle Rock Planning Commission voted 4-0 on March 12 to recommend approval of the Bella Mesa South site development plan amendment to Town Council, advancing a proposal for 93 townhomes on approximately 9 acres.
Staff told the commission the site has a long zoning history — annexed in the mid-1980s, subsequently amended under the Founders' Village plan and rezoned into the Bella Mesa plan development in 2015 — and that the submitted plan complies with applicable municipal code and review criteria. "Staff is recommending that Planning Commission recommend approval of the site development plan to town council as proposed," Ms. Foster told commissioners during the hearing.
The applicant team described the project as a lower-density alternative to the maximum allowed on the parcel. Josie O'Connor, landscape architect for Redland, said the proposal yields about 10.4 dwelling units per acre,…
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