The Sweet Home Planning Commission recommended approval of a planned unit development (PUD) overlay and approved the concurrent subdivision for Duck Hollow during its regular meeting on Feb. 4.
The PUD will go to City Council for final approval. The subdivision request is final with the Planning Commission but may be appealed to City Council.
Duck Hollow is located in the 4000 block of Long Street.
At issue in the request was the status of the existing infrastructure within Duck Hollow. Duck Hollow, with five existing manufactured homes, was partially developed as a manufactured home park, and the streets do not meet city standards for width.
Residential street standards require fully developed streets to be 36 feet wide, curb to curb with 90 foot cul-de-sac. Existing streets are 24 to 32 feet wide curb to curb with 60-foot cul-de-sacs. Parking restrictions will maintain adequate travel lanes, and the cul-de-sacs are adequate for turning a fire engine around with no parking.
The commission agreed to accept the infrastructure.
Most of the lots in the PUD meet minimum standards for its high-density residential zoning (R-2). The PUD recognizes and allows those lots.
The existing homes would not meet required setbacks.
Without the PUD and just a subdivision, as requested by Gerald Watson on behalf of the owner and developer, variances would have been required.
The PUD will allow only site-built homes under covenants, codes and restrictions.
Prices for homes in the 84-unit PUD would start at about $94,500 for a basic home, developer George Colyer said.
Duck Hollow is owned by Timothy J. Youngkin.
The commission voted unanimously to accept the infrastructure. It approved the PUD unanimously with no parking in cul-de-sacs, no parking on roads less than 28 feet wide and parking on only one side for streets 32 feet wide. The commission tied its unanimous approval of the subdivision to final approval of the PUD by council.
Present at the meeting were Chairman Dick Meyers, Rich Rowley, Alan Culver, Rod Stidham, Dr. Henry Wolthuis, Jessica Coward and Alan Culver.