Shadow Creek Planned Unit Development text and map amendment sponsored for council agenda

Building & Planning Director Jeff Kaiser presented a zoning map and text amendment to create the Shadow Creek Planned Unit Development for four parcels on the north side of Reimer Road. Kaiser said the properties were annexed in 2022–2023 and that the PUD process will replace underlying zoning with a district-specific text establishing permitted uses, density, HOA responsibilities and lot standards.

"When someone wants to have a planned unit development, it actually becomes its own zoning district," Kaiser said, explaining the purpose of a PUD and how it shapes density and design standards. He said the proposal covers about 81 acres and that sanitary sewer will tie into existing infrastructure to the north. Kaiser confirmed there is no TIF involvement for Shadow Creek.

Developer Bill Sanderson described four product types: small single-family homes, cluster homes with first-floor master suites and maintenance included, estate-size lots with open space, and fee-simple single-family attached townhomes that are not condominiums. "They're called single family attached because each unit and each lot transfers fee simple. Therefore, it is not condominium," Sanderson said. The committee voted to sponsor the rezoning legislation and place it on the next council agenda.

The developer said phasing would begin where utilities already exist and work back to connect remaining sections; streets will be public except for the private street serving the townhome cluster.