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Owners amend rezoning requests; council accepts R4 amendment for first reading amid zoning-code confusion
Summary
Applicants amended a deferred map amendment (20-26-04) during first reading, asking to change from AR to R4 (22,000 sq ft lots) or R2 in places; council accepted amended requests for first reading and noted the town's zoning-code square-footage definitions need cleanup.
The council reopened a deferred map amendment (20-26-04) and heard planning staff and applicants discuss alternate zoning options. Planning director Jason Moffitt recommended a more conservative rezoning (R1 instead of R3) based on lot sizes and the future land use map, but applicants amended their requests during the hearing seeking R4 (about 22,000 square-foot lots) or R2 where appropriate.
Council debated differences among R1–R4 definitions and whether the amendment matched the future land use map. The mayor repeatedly emphasized the council was voting on the applicants’ amended request as presented and not on broader code clean-up. After discussion the council accepted the amended request for a first reading and recorded the vote; staff noted subsequent clean-up of inconsistencies in the zoning code will be needed.
Why it matters: owners’ amendments and the council’s acceptance advance potential subdivision options; council also flagged a need to reconcile zoning district square-footage definitions before future votes.
