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HomeMy WebLinkAboutS-0191-F Staff AnalysisJune 14, 1994 ITEM NO.: 2A FILE NO. 5-391-F NAME: SECLUDED HILLS, PHASE V -- PRELIMINARY PLAT LOCATION: Beyond the present end of Old Oak Drive, south of Highway 10 and east of east Taylor Loop Road DEVELOPER: ENGINEER: RPM MANAGEMENT CO. PAT MCGETRICR Prospect Building MCGETRICR ENGINEERING 1501 N. University Ave. 11225 Huron Lane, Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72207 Little Rock, AR 72211 664-7807 223-9900 AREA: 10.84 ACRES NUMBER OF LOTS: 25 FT. NEW STREET: 1300 ZONING: R-2 PROPOSED USES: Single -Family Residential PLANNING DISTRICT: 1 CENSUS TRACT: -42.06 VARIANCES REOUESTED: None STATEMENT OF PROPOSAL: The applicant proposes the development of an adjoining 10.84 acre tract as a Phase V to the Secluded Hills subdivision. The area lies to the north of the Phase IV development, and Old Oak Drive, a collector street, will continue from the Phase IV area and extend to the Phase V boundary. The�new addition will provide 23 additional lots, and 1300 feet of new street construction is proposed. A. PROPOSAL/REOUE5T: Approval by the Planning Commission is sought for a preliminary plat for the subdivision of a 10.84 acre tract as a Phase V development of Secluded Hills. The subdivision entails the construction of 1300 feet of new streets and the provision of 23 new homesites. No variances are requested. B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The tract is undeveloped and wooded. The land lies on the side of a hill, and the slope of the land drops from a high point at the southwest corner of the tract approximately 80 feet to the low area along the north property line. The existing zoning of the area and of the surrounding area is R-2. June 14, 1994 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO. 2A (Continued} FILE NC. S-191-F C. ENGINEERING/UTILITY COMMENTS: Public Works comments that the Stormwater Detention and Excavation Ordinances are applicable, and that the developer is to coordinate street lighting plans with the Engineering staff. Little Rock Municipal Water Works reports that a water main extension will be required. Little Rock Wastewater Utility comments that a sewer main extension, with easements, must be provided. Arkansas Power and Light Co. relates that additional easements will be required. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. approved the submittal without comment. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. will require additional easements. The Fire Department approved the submittal without comment. D. 15SUES/LEGAZITECHNICAL/DESIGN: There is an area at the southeast corner of the tract designated as "open space". There must be some means provided for the maintenance of this area. There are deficiencies in the p'Iat which has been submitted: 1) a metes and bounds description must be shown; 2) contours are to be at 2 foot intervals; 3) the street names have not been shown; 4) the names of abutting subdivisions, with their book and page number or instrument number must be shown; 5) the names of abutting property owners where the land has not been platted must be shown; 6) the physical description of all monuments must be shown; 7) the zoning classifications of abutting properties must be shown; and, 8) the proposed PAGIS monuments must be indicated. E. ANALYSIS• The City does not want to assume maintenance of the "Open Space" tract designated on the plat. A provision for private ownership and maintenance must be made. The deficiencies in the plat are minimal and are easily correctable by the engineer. There is no reason to assume that Mr. McGetrick will not have the required information shown on the drawings prior to the Commission review. 2 June 14, 1994 SDBDIVI,S, 19 ITEM NO.: 2A(Continued) FILE NO.: -1 1-F F. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff recommends approval of the preliminary plat, subject to the deficiencies in the plat being taken care of, and, subject to a provision for the private ownership and maintenance of the area designated for "open space". SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (MAY 26, 1994) Mr. Pat McGetrick, the project engineer, was present, as was a representative of the applicant. Staff presented the plat and reviewed with the applicant and engineer the comments contained in the discussion outline. There was a discussion regarding the requirement that provision be made for the private ownership and maintenance of the area designated as "open space" on the plat, and there were suggestions that the area be included with an abutting lot in a previous or subsequent phase of the development, or that it be shown as a "Tract All and retained by the developer. The Committee forwarded the item to the Commission for the public hearing. PLANNING_ COMMISSION ACTION: (JUKE 14, 1994) The item was included on the Consent Agenda, with a recommendation from staff that the.item be approved with the condition that the triangular tract at the southeast corner be shown as a "Tract A" and that its maintenance be provided for in the Bill of Assurance. The item was approved with the vote of 10 ayes, 0 nays, 2 absent, and 0 abstentions. 3