- Committee recommended denial of a rezoning request for a 365-unit residential development near Graves Road.
- Officials cited excessive density, exceeding the 12 units-per-acre guideline, as the primary concern.
- Final decision moves to the full Boone County Planning Commission on April 1.
The Boone County Planning Commission’s Zone Change Committee dealt a blow to the hotly debated Hebron Pointe North proposal due to concerns over housing density.
On Wednesday, the committee recommended denial of a zone change request from Grand Communities LLC, a land developer associated with Erlanger-based Fischer Homes, to change the zoning designation for two parcels at the intersection of Williams Road and Worldwide Boulevard, just off Graves Road near the Interstate-275 exit.
The proposed rezoning affects approximately 24 parcels:
- Area A (around 20 acres): Would change from Graves Road Residential and Graves Road Commercial/Planned Development to Urban Residential Two.
- Area B (around four acres): Would change from Suburban Residential One, Graves Road Residential, and Graves Road Commercial/Planned Development to Urban Residential Two.
The development proposal calls for the construction of 365 residential units in total, including 304 ‘garden-style’ apartments, 28 townhomes and 33 stacked rental flats distributed across 22 buildings. The development is being led by three Northern Kentucky-based developers: Arlinghaus Homes, Fischer Homes and Berling Investments…