Developer changes its original plans on Sessom properties

There was a legal fight between the developer and residents over Darren Casey’s Sessom Drive development. The proposed plan of 420 apartments and 17,000 square-feet of retail space in an upscale complex – which would cost $63 million – was met with gales of opposition, from homeowners in the area.

They saw the rezoning as an encroachments of apartments into established neighborhoods. Casey’s proposal faced petition drive insisting on a moratorium against zoning single-family property for multi-family use, so a couple of days ago, the city council has ruled to reject Casey’s rezoning request.

“It’s not a negotiation. [With platting], you set your standards and if they are met, under state law, they are statutorily approved,” the city’s Development Services director, Matthew Lewis said in a statement. “They are not asking for a land use or zoning change and they say they are not asking for plat variances or subdivision variances.”

Lewis states the city’s low-density residential zoning allows six homes per acre as long as lots are at least 6,000 square feet, at least 50 feet wide and have at least 35 feet of street frontage.

Posted by Istvan Fekete on Feb 18 2012. Filed under Housing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry