Council denied the requested planned development district for approximately 387 acres at 31575 Highway 281 North. The decision stopped the McCarti Ranch request before the later development reviews that council and staff spent much of the meeting examining, as established by the official meeting-recording review.
Council adopted a property tax rate of 0.295343 after the chair announced that the motion passed. The agenda's taxpayer statement estimated a city tax bill of $1,605 for the proposed year, compared with $1,358 for 2025. That is an increase of $247 a year, or about $20.58 a month, for the agenda's median-home example—not a prediction of every homeowner's bill.
The earlier Sept. 22 agenda preview placed the tax rate and McCarty Ranch at the center of the meeting. Earlier coverage also tracked the September budget hearing and the returning 387-acre McCarty proposal.
Why council rejected the ranch plan
The applicant described the property's zoning and application history, prior public concerns and the proposal's use of one-acre minimum lots and on-site sewer. The applicant's representative discussed downzoning, reduced density, steep topography, street-grade requirements and more specifically defined grading variances intended to provide lot access.
Council and staff discussed later master-development-plan requirements and confirmed that relief granted through the PDD could not be withdrawn during that later review. Council discussed phased tree surveys and confirmed that approving the PDD would make the proposed water facilities allowed uses rather than uses requiring separate special-use-permit hearings.