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Planning Commission recommends approval of 131-unit PUD after wetlands and fire-access revisions
Summary
After staff revised the layout to avoid jurisdictional wetlands and add emergency access and sprinklers, the commission voted to recommend approval of a 131-unit RMAT PUD (down from 134 units) to City Council. Residents raised concerns about density, wetlands preservation and water supply during public comment.
Staff presented a revised plan to rezone a 34.12-acre site from RMAT to RMAT PUD that reduces unit count to 131 (previously 134) and avoids jurisdictional wetlands. Revisions included a second entrance designated as an emergency-only Knox Box gate, a redesign to meet fire access requirements and an HOA requirement that residential units be sprinklered.
"With those changes, it is now 131 units," a staff presenter said, describing the steps taken to address fire, wetlands and traffic concerns and noting that fire and traffic staff had reviewed the updated plan.
Residents urged caution. A homeowner association representative said the acreage contains wetlands and ponds used by migrating birds and warned that additional development would change neighborhood character and strain water resources. Another resident asked whether removing a planned roadway might shift density onto other portions of the site.
After discussion, a commissioner moved to recommend approval of the PUD as presented and another commissioner seconded. The Planning Commission voted to forward the rezoning recommendation to City Council.
What happens next: the commission's recommendation will be transmitted to City Council for final action; residents and stakeholders may bring public testimony to that hearing.
