Summary This application is a request by Daniel Young, P.E., of CHW, Inc., applicant and agent for Waco Properties, Inc., property owner, for consideration of the preliminary plat and Final PD Plan for Savannah Station Phase II, which proposes the subdivision of the ±44.67 acre subject property into a total of 178 lots, with associated right-of-way and common areas.
The subject property consists of portions of Parcel Numbers 03980-002-001 and 03905-002-000, and is located north of Savannah Station Phase I and Pilot Forest subdivisions, west of the Shady Lane Acres unrecorded survey and Interstate 75, and east of NW County Road 235.
The property is comprised of the Savannah Station Planned Development – Residential (PD-R), which was approved in September 2018 by the adoption of Ordinance 18-19. The Savannah Station Phase II PD-R permits a maximum of 180 dwellings units on the subject property. The subject property has a Moderate Density Residential Future Land Use Map Designation, which allows a maximum gross density of 4 units per acre. A revised survey reduced the development area by .47 acres, resulting in the maximum number of units being reduced from 180 to 178.
The Savannah Station PD-R requires the development to provide a minimum 15 foot landscaped buffer along the project’s eastern property boundary lines. The buffer is intended to provide for compatibility of the project with the densities of contiguous and nearby properties, which range in size from 1.86 acres to 2.23 acres in areas along the east side of NW 157th Street. The Preliminary Plat identifies the location of the required 15 foot buffer around the perimeter of the subject property. Additionally, the PD-R requires larger lot sizes along the eastern project boundary to provide for compatibility with the properties located to the east of the subject property.
Development within the proposed subdivision would connect to potable water and wastewater facilities. Stormwater for the proposed development would be conveyed to two retention basins to be located in the southwestern portion and north eastern portion of the subject property. An analysis of the development’s impact on other public facilities, including transportation, potable water, sanitary sewer, solid waste, and public schools, is provided within this report.
Section 2.4.10(G)(2) of the City’s Land Development Regulations (LDRs) establishes the requirements for a preliminary plat. An analysis of the application’s compliance with the applicable standards of this section has been provided within this report.
At the January 8, 2019 Planning and Zoning Board hearing, the Board voted 5-0 in favor of forwarding the application to the City Commission with a recommendation to approve, subject to two (2) conditions identified on page 22 of Exhibit "A" to the January 8, 2019 Staff Report. |