03-20-1997 Regular Meeting of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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• • Staff Report January 18, 1996 Fairmont Park East, Sections N-B and IV-C Background Review and approval of the Fairmont Park East Sections IV-B and IV-C plats has been requested by the developer. Copies of each of these plats, respectively identified as Exhibits A and B, are attached and follow this report. Also attached and identified as Exhibit C is the November 8, 1991, Staff Report to the Commission regarding approval of subdivision Section IV-A. This report contains an overview history of Section IV as a whole. It should be noted that the original Section IV Final Plat was approved under the terms of a previous "Development" Ordinance (#705). This ordinance did not contain the one year "sunset" provisions for plat approvals that is found in Ordinance 1444. For this reason, the original Section IV approval is technically still valid. It is, as noted in the final paragraph of the 1991 Staff Report, on the advice of the City Attorney's office, that Sections IV-B and IV-C (as with IV-A in 1991) have been presented as separate plats. In evaluating the IV-B and IV-C submittals, staff has utilized the standards in effect at the time of the original 1983 Section IV approval. The Section IV-A Final Plat which was approved by the Commission on November 12, 1991, is nearing buildout. The developer is now ready to construct Sections IV-B and IV-C. Section IV-B will be comprised of 74 homesites (see Exhibit A). Development of this section will include extension of Fleetwood Drive to connect with West Main Street. Section IV-C will consist of 16 homesites (see Exhibit B). Although staff has chosen to address Sections IV-B and IV-C in a single report, they are separate submittals. The Commission must act on them as separate items. Each of these subdivision sections is designated as a Major Subdivision requiring both Preliminary and Final Plat approvals. Given the prior approvals granted to the original Section IV, there is no useful purpose to be served by requiring the applicant to submit separate Preliminary and Final Plat documents. The Commission should, however, note that any action taken on the plats will be as both preliminary and final documents. Analysis As noted, Sections IV-B and IV-C are "sub-sections" of a previously approved Final Plat. Staff has reviewed the original Section IV plat and supporting documentation. Sections IV-B and IV- C will conform exactly to the original Section IV specifications as approved by the City in 1983. There are certain specific elements of staff's review that we would like to bring to the Commission's attention. IXH' • Subdivision Covenants: Covenants were prepared, filed, and recorded for Section IV in its entirety. When Sections IV-B and IV-C are recorded, the existing