Bristol City Council approved on first reading an ordinance to rezone a portion of tax map parcel 2-36-1 from R-1 (single-family residential) to B-3 (General Business) to facilitate an overnight recreational development along Stagecoach Road.

Planning staff member Jay Dietrich explained the request would rezone about 5.1 acres and combine it with an adjacent B-3 parcel to create a 10-plus-acre site, a minimum required by code for an "overnight recreational development" under local zoning. Dietrich said the applicant’s first-phase plan envisions 20 RV spaces and 10 cabins, with the 30-day-or-fewer stay limit under city code making the use transient rather than long-term residency.

Staff review found the proposal acceptable for a first-reading rezoning but flagged transportation and site-access concerns. Public Works reports note Stagecoach Road has two 10-foot lanes with no shoulders and variable pavement condition; an engineering memo recommended one of three mitigation options for safe access: widen lanes, add shoulders, or widen the westbound lane near the guardrail. Public Works also said the developer would be required to provide frontage improvements and comply with land-disturbance, stormwater-quality, and stormwater-quantity permitting if the project advances.

The Planning Commission recommended approval 6–0 at its April 21 meeting. Council members praised the proposal as a creative use of a parcel with steep topography that limits conventional residential development, noted potential economic benefits from visitors, and emphasized that infrastructure and access issues will be addressed in the site-plan stage.

Council approved the ordinance on first reading by caption only in a unanimous roll-call vote. The applicants, Paul Moss and Lisa Moss, were present for questions. Further development would require site plans, stormwater permits and any required road improvements before building permits are issued.