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Council sends Tigner Woods subdivision back to committee amid sewer, contamination and procedural concerns
Summary
After residents and council members raised questions about sewer availability, a 2023 involuntary cleanup, and whether planning commission procedures were followed, council voted to refer the Tigner Woods reconsideration request to the Committee of the Whole for further legal review and possible executive-session briefing.
Councilors referred a motion asking the planning commission to reconsider its approval of the Tigner Woods subdivision to the Committee of the Whole after extended discussion about procedure, sewer availability and environmental concerns.
Councilor Fant moved the reconsideration request, arguing commissioners had changed material facts during the application process—specifically that the project had been presented as sewer-served earlier in the process and later as septic. Several residents and speakers told council that the site had been the subject of a 2023 involuntary cleanup (noted in the transcript as an entry referencing contaminants such as trichlorofloromethane and dieldrin) and asked that approvals be paused until cleanup completion and disclosures are provided.
Michael Roth, applicant for Tigner Woods, defended the preliminary plat and said it met RS zoning and land-development regulations; staff had told the planning commission the project met ordinance requirements. Council and staff debated whether REWA/Metro designations of sewer "availability" are determinative in practice and what legal exposure reconsideration could create. To allow factual and legal follow-up (including attorney-client review), council voted to refer the matter to the Committee of the Whole and requested an executive-session legal briefing on the issue.
