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Meeting Date:	06/26/2017
Resolution 2017-41 - A Resolution Authorizing Changes to the OSRD Development Plan for the Reserve at Raintree Forest Subdivision
Submitted by:	Jeff Dobson, Planning & Codes
Department:	Planning & Codes

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Subject

Resolution 2017-41 authorizes changes to the OSRD Development Plan for the Reserve at Raintree Forest Subdivision. The project is located at the end of Eastwood Drive.

Background

At its regular meeting of June 6, 2017, the Planning Commission approved revisions to the preliminary plan for the Reserve at Raintree Forest Subdivision (Reserve). The project is located at the end of Eastwood Drive. As part of its review, the Planning Commission also voted to forward a recommendation of approval of the corresponding changes to the OSRD development plan to the Board of Commissioners.

The approved plan proposes the development of the remaining sections of the "Reserve" project and shows a total of 113 lots on approximately 282 acres. A second amenity area is also proposed as part of the development plan. All but four lots in the first three sections, which include a total of 100 lots, have been platted and developed. All told, when the first three sections are factored in, the entire "Reserve" project will include 213 lots on approximately 382 acres.

The preliminary plan also includes the hillside area which encompasses approximately 99.46 acres. The hilltop is the highest elevation point in Brentwood. Staff has been working with the developer to preserve the hilltop to the greatest extent possible. The developer is in the process of negotiating a conservation easement to protect the hillside from future development. The draft document is attached. The plan shows four “Homestead Areas” on the 99.46 acre hilltop. However, the conservation easement will allow a maximum of two homestead areas. The four areas are shown to allow the future owner a choice of areas to construct a home. Once the final areas are chosen, a revised plan for the project will be presented to staff for its review. Note that the hilltop area covered by the conservation easement will not be designated OSRD open space. The area that encompasses the total 213 lots on the lower elevations does meet all of the OSRD open space requirements without including the hilltop area.

Access to the hilltop homestead areas will be provided via private drives, which will be no wider that twelve feet. Construction of the drives will comply with the requirements of Section 78-486(14) of the zoning ordinance and will include the required turnouts at specified intervals. The drives will connect to the future roadway that will be extended through the Ragsdale subdivision and terminate at the common boundary between the projects. The plan also proposes a connection to Wisdom Lane within the Ragsdale subdivision, which will eventually allow access to Ragsdale Road from both subdivisions. This connection will not be used to access the hilltop area.

Each future habitable structure on the hilltop will require a residential sprinkler system, Detailed Hillside Protection Site Plans will be presented to the Planning Commission for review and will include elevations per the requirements of the zoning ordinance.

The Planning Commission last approved the preliminary plan for the project in April 2006. That approval has since expired. The Board of Commissioners last approved a revised OSRD Development Plan for the project in May 2006. That approval remains valid. The 2006 approved plan showed 103 lots, not including the previously developed lots (100), in nine sections (203 total). The plan labeled the hilltop area as "Future Development" and did not include a lot layout for the area or open space calculations. At the time of the 2006 approval, the Hillside Protection Overlay had not yet been enacted by the Board of Commissioners.

In 2006, the original developer presented a plan for review by the Planning Commission that showed 83 OSRD compliant lots on the hilltop in addition to the 103 lots shown in the lower elevations. As part of its approval of the project, the Planning Commission directed the developer to remove the lot layout shown on the hilltop and label the entire area (99.46 acres) as "Future Development." The Planning Commission's reason for the condition was that the proposed plan did not meet the intent of OSRD with respect to minimizing the disturbance in steep hillside areas.

In January 2016, the new developer presented a plan for review by the Planning Commission that showed 19 Hillside Protection compliant lots on the hilltop in addition to the 113 lots shown in the lower elevations for a total of 132 new lots. That plan was eventually deferred at the developer's request.

Should you have any questions or require additional information, please contact the Planning and Codes Director.

Staff Recommendation

Staff recommends approval of Resolution 2017-41.

Fiscal Impact

Attachments
Resolution 2017-41
Exhibit A
2006 Approved Plan
Draft Conservation Easement
PC Approval Letter
Signed Resolution