A project to develop the Pinewood Apartment complex failed to proceed again after the mayor broke a tie vote during the Wentzville Board of Aldermen’s Oct. 21 meeting.
The project – located on a 24.32-acre property on the north side of Interstate Drive, just east of Hepperman Road – had previously been rejected by the board in May. The request at that time had been for a 240-unit luxury apartment complex.
Project attorney Dan Welsh said the development has been reworked to include four single-family homes, 120 one-bedroom units, 60 two-bedroom units, and 54 three-bedroom units that would be constructed across 17 eight-unit buildings, six 16-unit buildings and an additional building with four units.
“This is a 2029 occupancy project before you,” he said, adding that the city’s water line upgrades and phase 2 of the Wentzville Parkway South project would be completed before tenants could move in.
During the public hearing to rezone the land from agricultural to a mixed-use parcel, resident Bruce Mueller spoke against the project due to concerns regarding soil oversaturation and pollution discharge that would run off into the surrounding waterways.
Alderman Linda Roth (Ward 1) also ex...