Developers to revise major Crest Road East estate plan after neighbors and commissioners raise drainage and mound concerns

The Planning Commission continued its public hearing Jan. 9 on a large estate proposal at 23 Crest Road East that would create a multi-pad development with a main residence, guest house, accessory dwelling unit (ADU), a mixed-use building described in the submission as a stable/mixed-use structure and associated corral and substantial grading.

Planning staff summarized the proposal (zoning case 23-070): the 6-acre property was the subject of prior approvals and extensions; the current application proposes a new main residence, an 800-square-foot guest house, a roughly 1,940-square-foot stable/mixed-use building, a 2,000-square-foot corral and approximately 28,930 cubic yards of grading with about 5,200 cubic yards of nonexempt export. Staff pointed out several items requiring further detail or correction before a final decision: discrepancies in grading calculations (an ADU shown with “no grading” on application materials but with fill on plans), portions of decks/patios that appear to be above allowable grade limits and would require variance, and the need to re-notice because the stable was presented in the original notice as a standard stable but the application submitted during the noticing period…