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Planning commission recommends Schwartz Farm rezoning to council with traffic and infrastructure commitments
Summary
The Greenwood Planning Commission voted 9-0 to recommend rezoning roughly 96.9 acres known as Schwartz Farm from agricultural/large-lot zoning to a mix of residential zones, attaching seven staff commitments including a traffic impact study and roadway improvements on Honey Creek Road.
The Greenwood Advisory Planning Commission voted 9-0 to forward a rezoning recommendation to the common council for the 96.9-acre "Schwartz Farm" site, with seven staff commitments meant to address traffic, buffering and infrastructure.
Petitioner attorney Joe Balderiff asked the commission to recommend approval of the concept plan, saying the development would provide a range of single-family housing types and amenities. "We respectfully request a favorable recommendation to counsel," Balderiff said. In presentation materials he described about 278 planned units (roughly 2.9 units per acre), roughly 12.2 acres of open space and a phased build-out extending to about April 2032.
Staff framed the recommendation as conditional, listing seven commitments the commission attached: compliance with UDO building and landscaping standards; trails built per the Greenwood Future Trail network; completion of a traffic impact study coordinated with engineering; petitioner involvement in a restricted donation toward future roundabouts; roadway improvements across the project's Honey Creek frontage including lane widening and mill and overlay; acceleration/deceleration lane work at designated entrances; and coordination to implement any traffic-study identified improvements. Staff said these commitments were designed to ensure traffic impacts and perimeter buffering would be addressed as detailed engineering proceeds.
Commission discussion emphasized the concept-plan nature of the request — staff and commissioners noted that lot counts and exact road alignments could change during primary plat and engineering review — while underscoring statutory criteria such as consistency with the comprehensive plan and the character of surrounding uses. The commission's motion recommended the rezoning to the common council with the staff-proposed commitments; the motion passed by a roll/hand vote, 9-0.
The item will now move to the common council for a final action; the commission made clear that several technical details (stormwater, exact road layouts, and traffic mitigation design) will be determined later in the site development and primary-plat review process.
