Green City Planning & Zoning Commission backs Greensburg Meadow rezoning, imposes emergency-access deed restriction

On April 15 the Green City Planning & Zoning Commission voted to give a favorable recommendation to rezoning the 31‑acre Greensburg Meadow site from R‑1 to a Planned Development, advancing a conceptual plan that shows roughly 101 single‑family lots and about 7.19 acres of open space. The recommendation carried after commissioners attached two conditions: a deed restriction that preserves the Byron Drive connection as emergency access only and natural screening along that access.

Developer Greg Summers of Summers Development Group told commissioners the revised plan addresses earlier feedback by adding an 18‑foot boulevard entrance on Greensburg Road and a second, lockable emergency access to Byron Drive. “It will never be open for traffic to Byron Drive. It would be emergency access only,” Summers said, describing the emergency arm as a lockable bollard the fire department could use.

A planning staff member described the concept plan and code context: the site is approximately 31 acres with a conceptual layout of about 101 single‑family lots at roughly 3.3 units per acre (the Planned Development district allows up to 8 units per acre). Staff reported lot sizes would generally range from about 6,000 to 11,000 square feet and the concept proposes about 7.19 acres of open space, including about 2.5 acres of active recreation — above the minimum required by code. “This revised design shows meaningful improvements from the earlier concepts, specifically in the areas of access, emergency connectivity, and open space design,” the staff member said.

Commissioners asked about builders, amenities and timing. The developer said no homebuilder is selected yet and estimated market prices would likely start in the mid–upper $300,000s and could rise to the mid $500,000s or higher depending on floor plans and finishes. He also said most homes are expected to include basements and that more detailed landscaping, mailbox locations and engineering will be submitted with later plats.

Neighbors raised repeated concerns about ownership and future use of the Byron Drive emergency access, privacy and buffering, traffic at the Greensburg/Mayfair intersection, stormwater runoff and whether Byron Drive residents could tap into new city water and sewer lines. Staff and the developer said the emergency access would be owned and maintained as common open space by a homeowners association and that the deed restriction proposed by a commissioner would be the mechanism to preserve the access as emergency‑only. Staff noted water and sewer mains will run adjacent to the emergency access, and that Byron Drive connections would likely depend on sufficient resident interest and utility procedures.

Residents pushed for buffering and fencing along shared property lines; the developer said he was willing to work with affected homeowners on fencing and landscape treatments but did not commit to a blanket fence across all open space. The concept plan shows areas of committed open space and the developer agreed final setback, fencing and landscape details will appear on subsequent landscape plans and the final plat.

A commissioner moved a favorable recommendation with two conditions — a deed restriction on the emergency exit and natural screening along that exit — and the motion was seconded. Roll call recorded all commissioners present voting yes; the commission’s favorable recommendation advances the rezoning and conceptual plan to city council, which will hold a public hearing and decide on rezoning and acceptance of the concept plan at a future meeting.

Next steps: the commission’s recommendation will go to city council for introduction and a public hearing, likely within the coming months; detailed engineering, landscape plans and final platting will be required if council approves the rezoning.