Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Preliminary-Final Plat for Trinity Falls Planning Unit 6, Located Northeast Corner of Hardin Boulevard and Parkland Crescent
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
(1C: Provide a strong city economy by facilitating a balance between industrial, commercial, residential, and open space)
MEETING DATE: March 1, 2022
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Jennifer Arnold, AICP, Director of Planning
Caitlyn Strickland, Planning Manager
Kaitlin Sheffield, Planner II
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: January 31, 2022 (Original Application)
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed preliminary-final plat with the following conditions and variances:
1. The items currently marked as “not met” on the attached Conditions of Approval Summary be satisfied prior to issuing final plat approval; and
2. The applicant satisfy the conditions as shown on the Standard Conditions for Preliminary-Final Plat Approval Checklist, attached.
3. The applicant receive a variance to Section 142-99 (Lots) of the Subdivision Ordinance waiving the requirement to front 12 single family lots directly onto a proposed street.
4. The applicant receive a variance to Section 142-106 (Screening and buffering of certain residential lots adjacent to streets) of the Subdivision Ordinance reducing the requirement to provide a 20-foot common area adjacent to lots siding to a right-of-way greater than 60 feet.
5. The applicant receive a variance to Section 142-106 (Screening and buffering of certain residential lots adjacent to streets) of the Subdivision Ordinance waiving the requirement to provide a 6-foot masonry wall in conjunction with the common area adjacent to lots siding to a right-of-way greater than 60 feet.
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is proposing to subdivide approximately 142.7 acres into 505 lots and 35 common areas for single family uses.
Under the requirements of Section 142-106 (Screening and buffering of certain residential lots adjacent to streets) of the Subdivision Ordinance, all single family lots that are siding to a right-of-way greater than 60 feet are required to provide a 20-foot common area and approved screening device to provide a buffer between heavier trafficked thoroughfares and the single family homes. The applicant is requesting a variance from this requirement to reduce the width of 9 common areas (Common Area C-3, Common Area C-4, Common Area D-2, Common Area E-5, Common Area F-3, Common Area F-4, Common Area F-6, Common Area G-2, and Common Area G-4) to 10 feet when siding to a right-of-way greater than 60 feet. In addition to this request, the applicant is requesting to utilize a standard wood fence in leu of a 6-foot masonry wall that is typically required in conjunction with the 20-foot common area when single family residential lots are siding to a right-of-way greater than 60 feet. As shown on the attached preliminary-final plat, the applicant is proposing to provide a greater right-of-way width in these locations to enhance the roadway with a divided median internal to Planning Unit 6. Staff is comfortable with supporting these requests given that these standards are typically required when adjacent to larger classed and higher trafficked rights-of-ways, whereas the applicant is proposing to enhance this roadway internal to the neighborhood that would otherwise be classified as a residential street.
APPROVAL PROCESS: The City Council is the approval authority for the proposed plat. In order to receive final approval of the plat, the applicant has the opportunity to make one resubmittal which addresses all items listed above.
OPPOSITION TO OR SUPPORT OF REQUEST: Staff has received no comments in support of or opposition to this request.