Advisory board denies drainage-study waiver but approves off‑site improvement waiver for 15.75‑acre subdivision
Summary
For a 15.75‑acre parcel at Valley View Boulevard and North Cactus Avenue, the Enterprise board denied a request to waive a drainage study requirement while approving a waiver to defer full off‑site improvements, subject to staff conditions.
The Enterprise Town Advisory Board on July 30 denied a waiver request that would have eliminated a drainage study for a proposed parcel map covering roughly 15.75 acres at Valley View Boulevard and North Cactus Avenue, but approved a separate waiver to defer off-site improvements.
Applicant representative Mark Moll told the board the 15.75-acre parcel had been divided into a north portion (7.44 acres) and a south portion (8.31 acres). He said the parties to the current contracts intended to coordinate drainage analysis as development applications for each portion are submitted and argued that requiring a drainage study at the map stage would be premature.
Board members disagreed. One member said developers' "handshake" agreements can dissolve and that waiving a drainage study at the mapping stage could set a risky precedent. After discussion, the board voted to deny waiver development standard number 1 (drainage study) and to approve waiver development standard number 2 (defer off‑site improvements) per staff conditions.
Why it matters: Drainage studies define how stormwater will be managed across subdivided parcels and can determine which parcels shoulder infrastructure costs. The board concluded that completing a drainage study at the mapping stage is appropriate to avoid leaving downstream or adjacent properties with an unequal burden.
Key details - Site: ~15.75 acres at Northwest corner of Cactus Avenue and Valley View Boulevard; subdivided into a 7.44-acre north portion and an 8.31-acre south portion. - Board action: Denied waiver to eliminate the drainage study requirement; approved waiver to defer off-site improvements with staff conditions. - Applicant stance: Parties are under contract and willing to coordinate drainage and off-site improvements as individual developments move forward; applicant said the north portion will bring a single-family residential application soon.
Next steps The denial requires the drainage study to be completed as part of the subdivision process; the developer may provide those studies with forthcoming applications for each parcel as required by public works and planning staff.
