Friday, August 27, 1999
Friday, August 27, 1999 |
The fate of cluster homes in Tyrone will probably not be decided until the end of the year. That's the word from town manager Barry Amos after developer Bob Adams brought the matter before the town council last Thursday. The issue was originally brought up during the meeting when planning commission chairman Tom Williams sought guidance from the council. Williams said Adams had brought the idea of cluster homes up during the public comment portion of the planning commission meeting. Williams did not feel that was the proper time to discuss such a weighty issue and wanted direction from the council on when the cluster home question should be discussed again. Amos told the council that a survey created by the Citizens' Advisory Committee would be mailed to residents this week and featured a question about the feasibility of cluster homes in Tyrone. Councilmen Ronnie Cannon and Ray Bogenschutz indicated they want to see the citizens' opinions on cluster homes before they even discuss the issue again. Adams spoke to the council after the meeting had ended and asked the town to make sure the survey includes a fairly worded question about developing cluster homes in the town. The developer first broached the subject of a cluster home development in January. Adams' original plan called for 238 homes on a 149.4-acre site. While the homes would be single family homes, Amos said Adams was seeking a duplex-type zoning to build the homes on smaller lots. In his remarks to the council last week, Adams said a cluster-type development promotes land conservation and provides a green belt in the development. The homes are built on 50 percent of the land, which leaves the other half as open space. He said a lot of people did not understand how his development was to be structured. “I got tarred with a brush that I didn't deserve,” he said. After the meeting, Amos said cluster homes would not be discussed until the planning commission made a recommendation to the council.
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