Applicant says rezoning will permit 16 single‑family lots, promises buffers and wall inspections

Applicant Chris Railey told the board the current request is a zoning‑only action and the conceptual plan shows 16 single‑family homes on a 4.02‑acre parcel. Railey said the project evolved after years of meetings with neighbors and reductions from earlier, denser proposals: "We've been working on this for 4 years or so... and it's a result of all the meetings and the time and the efforts that a lot of people have put in," he said.

Railey described several specific design choices he said were made in response to neighborhood feedback: larger perimeter buffers (up to 130 feet on the north side), retention areas to manage runoff, and an agreement to perform a full structural inspection of the Murray Hills retaining wall prior to any building permits. "We agreed that before we did a building permit that we would do a full inspection of the wall with Murray Hills' permission," Railey said. He argued the SFTF‑14 zoning is the lowest density permitted under the parcel’s medium‑density future land use and that minimum lot sizes and stormwater requirements limit how many lots can practically be built.