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Petitioner seeks rezoning of 2.71 acres for single-family lot; commission defers action
Summary
Patrick Fenley asked the Davenport City Plan and Zone Commission to rezone about 2.71 acres south of Telegraph Road from AG (agricultural) to R1 (single-family). Staff said the parcel’s current AG rules require 38 acres for a homestead use, so the rezoning is necessary; commissioners discussed whether to process the plat and rezoning together and continued the matter to the commission meeting on the 17th.
Patrick Fenley asked the Davenport City Plan and Zone Commission to rezone roughly 2.71 acres (parcel S3117-05) located south of Telegraph Road and east of South Utah Avenue from AG, an agricultural district, to R1, the city’s low-density single-family residential district. The public hearing on Case rez 26-02 was opened and then closed after discussion; the commission agreed to bring the item back at its meeting on the 17th for further consideration.
City planning staff member Matt told the commission the purpose of the rezoning is “to create a new parcel for a single-family home along South Utah.” He said the property’s current AG classification permits farm homestead uses but, under the zoning code, a homestead-type single-family dwelling is limited to parcels of about 38 acres, so a conventional single-family lot would require rezoning to R1. Staff also said the city mailed notices to property owners in a 200-foot notification ring (one notice) and reported no responses for or against the request.
Fenley, who gave his address as 2313 West Lombard, told the commission the lot and survey are complete and that he intends to add a 2.7-acre lot at the front of his property off South Utah Avenue. “This lot’s 100% ready to go,” he said, adding the plat has been prepared but not yet submitted to the city.
Commissioners pressed staff on whether the rezoning and the subdivision plat could be processed at the same time, as the commission did in earlier years to reduce downtime. One commissioner asked whether a petitioner could run a plat and rezoning “dovetailed together.” Matt said the city requires a technical review (typically three weeks) and that corporate counsel has provided instructions on current procedures; staff said applicants may submit plat materials and legal will advise but staff could not guarantee the subdivision would appear on the same agenda as rezoning without completing required reviews.
Commissioner Tomman voiced a broader concern about the city’s permitting reputation, saying developers have told him “Davenport’s difficult to get through the process” compared with neighboring jurisdictions. He and other commissioners asked staff and legal to review whether earlier practices of submitting plat and rezoning materials together could be resumed in some cases to speed processing.
No vote on the rezoning was taken at the hearing. The commission closed the public hearing and set Case rez 26-02 to return for consideration at the commission meeting on the 17th. If Fenley files a plat, staff indicated they will perform technical review and legal will advise on scheduling but made no scheduling guarantees.
What happens next: The commission will revisit the rezoning at its next hearing on the 17th; Fenley may submit the subdivision plat for technical review in the interim.
