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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPreliminary Plat - Santa Rosa Estates, Phase I DATE: September 20, 2010 TO: Planning Commission FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager SUBJECT: Consider a request for a preliminary plat of Santa Rosa Estates, Phase I FILE: Preliminary Plat - Santa Rosa Estates, Phase I STAFF REPORT The Planning Manager recommends approval subject to the following conditions: 1. Show the addresses on the preliminary plat 2. Provide the name and signature of the owner on the preliminary plat 3. Provide the street name 4. Sidewalks will be required along the unnamed street and Smith Road with a variance to the temporary cul-de-sac length requirement from 800' to 1,640'. Faust Engineering and Surveying, Inc. has applied for the approval of the preliminary plat of Santa Rosa Estates, Phase I. The property is located on the west side of Smith Road south of Walden Road in the City of Beaumont Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). The Master Plan for the entire development encompasses 80 acres and includes 29 single family lots. Lot sizes vary from 1.42 acres to 3.66 acres. The property will be served by streets with 60' wide rights-of-way and 20' wide concrete pavements. Open ditches will provide drainage. The subdivision will be served by the Meeker Municipal Water District. Each lot will be served by an individual on-site sewerage facilities. Phase I will include 5 lots served by a temporary cul-de-sac. It exceeds the 800' maximum cul-de-sac length requirement. The applicant is asking for a variance to that requirement. In addition, the Subdivision Regulations state that sidewalks are required in all new subdivisions and along arterial and collector streets. The Planning Commission may grant a waiver to the sidewalk requirement if the applicant can prove that there is an engineering reason for not installing a sidewalk. GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES APPLICANT: Faust Engineering & Surveying, Inc. PROPERTY OWNER: WATAMAP LP LOCATION: Wide side of Smith Road south of Walden Road EXISTING ZONING: N/A (Located in City of Beaumont ETJ) PROPERTY SIZE: 16.43 acres, more or less EXISTING LAND USES: Vacant FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be outside 500-year floodplain SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING: NORTH: Vacant N/A EAST: Vacant N/A SOUTH: Vacant N/A WEST: Vacant N/A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Neighborhood Growth Unit STREETS: Unnamed Street - Local rural street with 60' wide right-of-way and a 20' pavement width DRAINAGE: Open ditch WATER: Proposed 6" water line SANITARY SEWER SERVICE: Individual on-site sewerage treatment facilities