Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Preliminary-Final Plat for Phase 1 and 2 of the Painted Tree Woodlands Addition, Located on the Southeast Corner of Lake Forest Drive and Bloomdale Road
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: October 19, 2021
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Jennifer Arnold, AICP, Director of Planning
Caitlyn Strickland, Planning Manager
Kaitlin Gibbon, Planner II
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: September 28, 2021 (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 17 single family lots directly onto a proposed street.
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is proposing to subdivide approximately 59.43 acres into 603 lots and 41 common areas for single family uses.
Under the requirements of Section 142-99 (Lots) of the Subdivision Ordinance, all single family lots are required to have frontage on a public street. The applicant is requesting a variance from this requirement to allow for 17 lots (Lots 29-45, Block O) to front on a common area. As shown on the attached preliminary-final plat, these lots would front onto a common area that is separating the lots from the proposed right-of-way. Staff is comfortable with supporting this request given that these lots would still look and feel as if they were directly fronting on the proposed s...
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