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Commissioners consider revised Park Place rezoning; staff recommends public hearing July 15
Summary
A developer revised a Park Place rezoning application near Putnam Ford Drive, reducing lots to 34 and adding a vehicular connection to adjacent city property; planning staff noted Planning Commission recommended denial and the board agreed to call a public hearing for July 15 while the applicant explores annexation with Woodstock.
Planning staff presented rezoning request 2504010 (Park Place Developers, LLC) for property off Putnam Ford Drive during the May 6 work session, describing multiple revised site plans submitted after the Planning Commission hearing.
Staff said the applicant reduced the proposed lots from 38 to 34, removed several variance requests (including some setback and lot‑coverage variances), added a 50‑foot private access and utility easement and shown a 20‑foot revegetated buffer adjacent to an existing residence. The Planning Commission had recommended denial at the public hearing; staff emphasized that any materially different plan would require a new hearing.
Commissioners discussed whether the property should be pursued for annexation into the City of Woodstock so the city could manage the zoning and noted that the revised plan includes city property and a proposed vehicular connection to an adjacent neighborhood. Planning staff and multiple commissioners recommended calling a public hearing on July 15 to give time for the applicant to coordinate with the city; they also noted the practical downside that a city annexation would remove the county’s zoning jurisdiction.
Why it matters: the revised plan changes several variance requests and introduces an annexation possibility that could shift review to the City of Woodstock. The board set a July 15 public‑hearing target to allow the annexation effort to proceed or provide time for county consideration if annexation does not happen.
Next steps: staff will advertise a July 15 hearing unless the applicant begins an annexation process with Woodstock that would make county action unnecessary.
