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First reading set for Reserve at 44: staff supports 23-lot PUD; planning commission recommended denial
Summary
The commission heard first reading for the Reserve at 44 project: annexation, comp-plan amendment, and PUD rezoning to allow 23 single-family lots on ~10.24 acres. Staff recommended approval; the planning commission recommended denial and neighbors raised environmental and groundwater concerns.
Dan Miller of Planning & Zoning presented the Reserve at 44 project during first reading: a request for annexation, a small-scale comprehensive-plan change, and a Planned Unit Development (PUD) rezoning to allow 23 detached single-family homes on approximately 10.24 acres east of County Road 44.
Miller summarized the proposal’s key development standards: minimum lot sizes of 6,500 square feet, 60-foot lot widths, two-car garages, maximum two-story building height, 35% open space, dark-sky-compliant lighting, a 25-foot landscape buffer around the property, and a required 6,000 square feet of recreation space. The project requires city water and sewer and includes a phasing clause that would revert the zoning to RE1 if development does not substantially commence within four years.
Staff recommended approval, but the planning commission recommended denial by a 3–2 vote, citing concerns about traffic, lot size, and density. City staff reported two public objection letters from Silver Lake-area residents raising habitat fragmentation, loss of mature canopy, increased stormwater runoff, impacts to private wells and the Silver Lake ecosystem, construction disruption, and privacy incompatibility.
Applicants Jason Lee (applicant), Chuck Hiatt (engineer), and Logan Lopsil Opsil (Lowndes Law Firm) were present to answer questions. The item was set to return for a public hearing/second reading on July 27.
