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Planning Commission recommends zoning change for Blackberry Heights, approves final plats including Blackberry 4th, Bierman Noonan and Dvorak additions
Summary
The commission recommended rezoning to extend the Blackberry Heights subdivision, approved the final plat for Blackberry Heights 4th edition, and approved additional minor plats (Bierman Noonan and Dvorak additions); the developer said single‑family homes would average about $500,000 and construction could take several years.
The Norfolk Planning Commission on July 7 considered a package of subdivision and plat items, recommending a zoning change for an expansion of Blackberry Heights and approving three final plats.
Granville Custom Homes representative Steven Romaker requested a zone change from agricultural and mixed residential to R‑1 (single‑ and two‑family) for property north of Sheridan Drive and west of North 25th Street to enable the next phase of the Blackberry Heights neighborhood. Romaker said the phase would include roughly 20 single‑family lots and about 10 townhome doors; he estimated average prices in the current market at about $500,000 for single‑family homes and about $400,000 for townhomes. Romaker said much of the required detention and storm infrastructure for the Blackberry Heights 4th edition is already built and described a dry detention cell that collects and releases stormwater at a restricted rate to downstream drainage.
Commissioners asked questions about lot counts, frontage and build‑out timeframe; Romaker said build‑out would take multiple years given market conditions. The commission moved and seconded motions to recommend the zone change and to recommend the final plat for Blackberry Heights 4th edition; both motions carried with all present voting in the affirmative.
The commission also considered the Bierman Noonan addition, described by staff as a straightforward lot‑line adjustment between neighbors that preserves existing easements; and the Dvorak addition, combining two lots in Eastern Heights to enable a garage addition under newer setback rules. Commissioners raised no objections and approved both final plats; roll calls recorded all present voting in the affirmative on each item.
All three plat approvals and the zoning recommendation were recorded as unanimous among members present. The approvals recommend these items for whatever subsequent city council or administrative actions are required to finalize plats and zoning changes.
