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Council debates Peden Road rezoning as neighbors and staff press for conditions
Summary
The council heard a request to rezone a 0.497-acre lot at 14 Peden Road from B-3 to R-6 to allow a single-family home. Councilors sought clarity about buffers, sidewalks and whether conditional zoning or R-10 would be preferable; the hearing closed and a motion to approve was made but the transcript records confusion about the roll call tallies.
The council opened a legislative public hearing on rezoning case RZ-26-03, a requested general rezoning of approximately 0.497 acres at 14 Peden Road from B-3 (commercial) to R-6 (residential). Planning staff described the lot as vacant, flat, not in a flood zone, and originally platted in 1950; staff recommended approval and noted that the future land-use map would be amended if the council approved the rezoning.
Council members pressed staff and the applicant on several technical points before taking public comment: whether R-6 could permit townhouses (it can), what buffer and setback requirements would apply, and whether the town could achieve single-family-only limits through a conditional rezoning process (staff and the town attorney said conditional restrictions cannot be set within a general rezoning vote and would require a separate conditional rezoning application). The applicant, who said she bought the lot in April and intends the parcel to be her primary single-family residence, described a proposed home of about 3,000–3,500 square feet.
After public comment and council discussion, the council closed the hearing and a motion was made to recommend approval. A voice vote produced some uncertainty and the mayor requested a roll call to confirm the results; the recorded excerpt shows that a roll call was requested and that members debated the tally, but the final roll-call outcome is not clearly recorded in the transcript excerpt available.
