The Frederick Planning Commission met on February 17, 2026, at 7:00 PM to discuss several agenda items including architectural review for new home models, a final subdivision plat, a front yard fence modification, the Capital Improvements Program (CIP) for FY27-32, and updates to the Commission's rules of procedure. Public comments were heard on the fence modification and CIP priorities.
For each item on our agenda, we will start the conversation with the applicant by having them come up to the front table and walk us through their project. For those of you new to the process, we do ask that you provide a thorough overview of your application, specifically addressing any modifications that you will be requesting. Following the applicant presentation, the commission will then ask any questions of the applicant. Then we will ask staff to add their comments on the application, followed by the Commission questions and comments to staff. After the staff presentation, we may go back to the applicant for additional questions. And if needed, go back to the applicant and our staff with additional questions. Anyone wishing to make public comments is asked to sign up on the sheet provided at the table just inside the door. And when taking public comment, we will invite people up in the order on the sign-up sheet. Then anyone who's not who has not signed up will be given the opportunity to comment. Before beginning public comments, please give your name and address. Public comments will be limited to three minutes, and you will be able. Uh not only do we review forest conservation plans that you see here, but we have an annual reporting responsibility to the state uh that tracks all of the activity, and Pam has been the overseer of that for many, many years. She's been instrumental in the uh the coordination of that program through the planning process to overseeing uh how it all works through and then ultimately ends up with um easements placed on properties and and keeping track of those and managing that. So it's been a remarkable contribution, and I just want to recognize her for that and her day-to-day work and her amazing uh attitude and um sense of responsibility for the city. So with that, just wanted to send a special appreciation uh to Pam for her years of service. Thank you, Pam. Okay. Uh we're gonna go ahead and get started with Kellerton Land Bay's C and E, PC 13-195-14 PND architectural review. Is the applicant here? Great, thank you. Uh good afternoon, commissioners. Uh, my name is Edward Mangold. I'm representing Keystone Custom Homes today. Uh we brought before you a request for approval of five new home models uh to be offered at the Kellerton community in land base C and E. Uh those are our actively selling uh land bays. Uh so we have five new models with multiple elevations per model, and then one preexisting model with a new elevation uh that we're bringing before you today. Uh there were some comments from staff that uh one of them at initial design review committee. It was noted that there's a small uh accent window on a couple of the elevations that is approximately two foot by two foot, which does not uh meet the traditional one to one and a half or one and a half to one proportion recommended by the design uh guide. Uh we requested a modification to that language, as these windows are purely uh accent windows to the general elevation of the home. Every other uh window on the front elevation uh sides uh comply with that. And we include those oftentimes in areas that are small uh small rooms or even closets on a front elevation to give elevational diversity to the to the streetscape that is the house is being built within. Um additionally, there were a couple of comments that I can address either now or uh following uh staff comments. I will leave that to how you wish to uh to handle those. Um if you prefer, I can walk you through each elevation. Would you like me to do that? Okay. Thank you for bringing those up. Uh the first is the Devonshire Normandy. Uh the Devonshire has multiple elevations already being built throughout the Kellerton communities. The Normandy is a new uh updated elevation uh to one that we weren't including previously. Uh this has the kind of country English country cottage uh style that's been promoted within the Kellerton community overall. Thank you. Uh it is uh it has a similar elevation to our already approved manor elevation. Uh of course, within the Kellerton community, we are we have designated high visibility uh lots where the for instance where it the home is at the end of an intersection or along a main road and which each of the elevations offers a high visibility alternative to provide at least 50% masonry on the front. We also address high visibility sides, which can also occur when a side elevation abuts a street or an open area where we will be providing a mixture of additional windows, uh potentially uh additional landscaping in concert with additional stone water table, depending on if it's a high visibility corner lot or typically just a high visibility lot. Uh of the Normandy would be the sixth of the Devonshire elevations. I can continue through or allow questions at each. I'll just want to ask a question. But keep going. Okay, thank you.