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Commission recommends Vineyard Meadow preliminary plat and variances after split debate

Dayton Planning Commission · March 7, 2026
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Summary

After extended debate about precedent and practical difficulty, the Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of variances and the preliminary plat for the Reserve at Vineyard Meadow, including rezoning to A3, while asking staff and the applicant to refine easement language and wetland buffers.

The Planning Commission on March 5 recommended approval of a preliminary plat, rezoning and two variances for the Reserve at Vineyard Meadow after lengthy discussion over whether allowing a twelfth lot would set an undesirable precedent.

Staff had recommended denial of a density variance that would allow 12 lots on roughly 117½ acres, arguing the applicant’s request was primarily economic. The applicant and property owner Jack Burns (speaker 19) said…

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