P&Z Meeting Canceled; Kemp Homes to Negotiate with Ridgepointe Residents

City Administrator Paul Markworth announced at last night's board of aldermen meeting that the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting scheduled for Thurs., April 5 was canceled.

The only item on the agenda for the April meeting was a request by Kemp Homes to amend the development plan at Ridgepointe Villas so that single-family homes could be constructed on the empty lots. P&Z had tabled the application request at their March 1 meeting.

Kemp now plans to negotiate with Villa residents to see if some sort of agreement can be made before the May P&Z meeting.

"As residents, we have several demands, so we'll see how it goes," resident Steve Duffie told Patch.

during the March 19 board of aldermen meeting. Residents have concerns about past problems with the builder and the homeowners association as well as with the issue of adding family homes to a development that was originally marketed as an adult community.

Andrew Arras, Jr. of Argonne Meadows agreed in a comment on the Patch story. "Zoning should remain the way it was originally approved. Too many complications in making the change would result in a chaotic neighborhood," Arras said.