Plan advances to change housing mix in Longmont’s Sienna Park subdivision

LONGMONT — A developer is one step closer to changing plans for a southwest Longmont development, constructing more single-family homes and fewer townhomes.

On first reading Tuesday, the Longmont City Council passed an ordinance that would approve Jack Fisher Homes’ plan for part of the 18-acre Sienna Park subdivision, building 81 small single-family homes instead of the remaining 45 single-family homes, and 20 townhomes instead of 110. The development is located off South Sherman Street and Kansas Avenue, near the city’s Municipal Services Center building.

Under the ordinance, the area’s zoning would change from medium-density residential to low-density residential.

The land originally was approved in 2007 for 52 single-family homes and 110 townhouses. Henry Walker Homes began building the single-family homes in 2013 before that company was bought by Jack Fisher homes.

Jack Fisher Homes, based in Utah but with an office in Westminster, recently sold the property to Houston-based LGI Homes, developer of the Legacy Park subdivision in Dacono and the Bella Vista project in Lochbuie.

Council members Sarah Levison and Polly Christiansen voted against the change, concerned that it didn’t fit within the city’s comprehensive plan. A second reading is scheduled for the council’s meeting Aug. 18.

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