Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Preliminary-Final Plat for 57 Single Family Residential Lots and 3 Common Areas (Tucker Hill Phase 5), Located Approximately 2,300 North of U.S. Highway 380 (University Drive) and on the West Side of Tremont (REQUEST TO BE TABLED)
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: June 26, 2018
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Melissa Spriegel, Planner I
Samantha Pickett, Planning Manager, AICP
Brian Lockley, Director of Planning, AICP, CPM
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the item be tabled indefinitely per the applicant's request.
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: February 21, 2018 (Original Application)
April 9, 2018 (Revised Submittal)
May 11, 2018 (Revised Submittal)
May 30, 3018 (Revised Submittal)
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is proposing to subdivide approximately 16.17 acres into 57 single family residential lots and 3 common areas. The applicant has indicated that lots will be used to construct single family residential uses.
The applicant is requesting a variance to allow the front yard setback of Lots 21 and 22, Block GG to be 30 feet. The governing zoning ordinance, "PD" - Planned Development District Ordinance No. 2016-12-095, states:
"The front setback for each block shall be set by the developer. Deviation of more than two (2') feet from the established setback shall occur only for special conditions and are subject to City Planning and Zoning Commission approval."
The front yard setback established for Block GG is 13 feet, allowing for a deviation of two feet by right to a setback of either 11 feet or 15 feet. The applicant is requesting to increase the front yard setback on two lots by seventeen feet to a setback of 30 feet in order to meet the minimum lot width requirement of 50 feet, as the lot width is measured at the f...
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