渔业公司Premier Land公司计划在沃斯维尔街和格里菲斯街西北角的150英亩农田上建造175栋独户住宅和83栋附属的两户住宅。

In order to build on the property, the builder needed permission to convert the land into residential media and residential areas from agriculture. The Greenwood Advisory Plan Commission made a positive recommendation, and Greenwood City Council heard it Monday night.

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The single-family homes would be designated as residential medium by the city, which according to city documents requires a minimum lot size of 7,700 square feet. The maisonettes would require a minimum lot size of 5,400 square feet. Real estate prices have yet to be determined.

Before the vote, Councilor J. David Hopper proposed an amendment requiring all homes to be built from cement fiber or HardiePlank siding to ban vinyl siding.

Hopper, who has said in previous meetings that he would do anything to “get rid of” vinyl in Greenwood, said the HardiePlank siding fits the overall design of the city better, although the requirement is not listed in the recently updated city’s zone code.

He said the city council had also asked Arbor Homes not to use vinyl siding in its new 500 home subdivision between Honey Creek Road and State Road 135, which was approved earlier this month, so it was fair to do so to do for premier country.

Henderson Engineering and Consulting’s Richard Henderson was not specifically against the request, but asked not to adopt the change to allow the contractor more flexibility as Greenwood’s design standards allow for vinyl siding anyway.

In the recently revised zone code, there are three ways for the exterior design of all single-family houses and townhouses.

All three require masonry on the front and back of the houses. However, the first way allows one of the following siding materials: stone, brick, fiber cement, heavy vinyl, wood siding, or stucco.

The options should “give owners flexibility to meet the requirements for exterior materials for single family homes,” the regulation says.

Both Henderson and Keith Blais, vice president of land at M / I Homes, the contractor attached to the proposed subdivision, cited the ordinance when asking the council not to add a change that restricts certain building materials.

“Richard was referring to the new regulation, which gives customers the flexibility to choose what to do,” Blais said.

Councilor Mike Williams suggested that only cement fiber cladding be required for the single family homes and not the attached maisonettes. Blais agreed that vinyl siding is typically used for the attached homes. The cost difference between vinyl siding and HardiePlank is approximately $ 6,000 per home.

However, other council members rejected this idea. Historically, vinyl siding doesn’t hold up over the years, Hopper said.

“Cement fiber board clearly holds up a lot better and just looks better,” he said. “I would prefer to have the whole thing without vinyl.”

Councilor Dave Lekse agreed, saying it was fair to ask for the change as the council approves the reclassification request.

“We’re being asked a favor, so I think it’s okay to apply a condition. It’s a common tradition here in Greenwood, ”said Lekse.

The council members unanimously approved the change as well as the request to reallocate the subdivision.

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