The Fairview Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 Thursday to rezone a 19.96-acre parcel at 7391 Crowcut Road from RS-40 (single-family residential) to R-21 and two-family residential, advancing a developer’s plan to bring a higher-density product to the neighborhood.

The rezoning request, submitted by SCC and presented to the board by planning staff, was forwarded by the planning commission with a 6-1 positive recommendation.

Planning staff member Ethan Greer said the parcel falls within the city’s comprehensive-plan guidance for higher-density residential use near this corridor and noted adjacent neighborhoods with smaller-lot zoning. “The adjacent properties, as you can see on the map, Casselberry is zoned to R-20, Aden Woods is zoned to R-20, Ashland Subdivision is zoned to R-20,” Greer said.

Alsah Ahmed, identifying herself as a representative of SCC, told commissioners the property contains a 100-foot TVA easement, streams and floodplain that constrain where homes can be placed. “We looked at a couple concepts… the number of lots will not exceed more than what the R-40 actually allow,” Ahmed said, adding the developer expects to place roughly 15–16 lots given the site constraints.

Several commissioners asked how rezoning to a denser district would change the number of buildable lots and where stormwater runoff would go. Greer and Ahmed said the developer’s plan would route outflow to the existing stream to the west and that city stormwater regulations and construction-plan requirements would be used to control pre- versus post-development flows.

Mayor Anderson pressed the developer on traffic and runoff impacts, noting the proximity of Aden Woods and other developments. Ahmed said Aden Woods’ drainage was designed to handle a 100-year flow and that the developer’s engineering shows no increase in flow to downstream areas when city stormwater rules are enforced.

The rezone passed on a 4-1 vote (one commissioner voted no). No development plan or final plat was approved at the meeting; rezoning merely changes allowable zoning. Commissioners and staff said additional engineering, stormwater controls and site design would be required during subsequent plan review.

The change will allow the applicant to submit subdivision plans under the new zoning if and when they choose to proceed.