UPDATE: Scott points out in a comment that these single-family, detached “townhomes” are actually just houses.  The zoning ordinance requires the designation.

Everything is evaluated in context.

Nine detached. single-family townhomes sounds pleasant enough in a vacuum, but compare those nine residences to a vacant lot where 20 units were originally planned and approved, and its suddenly a reason to celebrate.

At last night’s meeting, Decatur’s City Commission unanimously approved a plan by an Oakhurst resident and his business partner to build nine detached townhomes on a Lenore Street lot that has long been a vacant “PVC Park”.  According to one of the potential developers at the meeting, 100% of area residents who reviewed the plan were in favor of it.

Learning that three of the townhomes in the plan would actually front Lenore Street, Mayor Pro-Tem Jim Baskett remarked the development was “very nice”.

In more ways than one, it’s all about context.