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Commission holds lot-split but approves initial roadway installation for Levitt Road commercial project
Summary
The Planning Commission held a lot-split application for a Levitt Road commercial parcel pending variances and approved a final-development plan allowing installation of a shared roadway as phase 1, subject to law and engineering conditions including a detention basin.
The Planning Commission on April 2 held action on a proposed lot split for a Levitt Road commercial parcel but approved a related final development plan that permits installation of a shared drive as the project’s first phase.
Applicants identified in the filings (LS02-2025 and FDP01-2025) propose splitting an existing parcel on Levitt Road into four lots and installing a common shared drive to serve those lots. The development team told the commission the site contains a roughly 200-foot electric easement through the middle that precludes building in that area; the design would place the shared drive around that constraint.
Commissioners and city staff debated sequencing. Planning staff and engineering confirmed the lot split is a separate land-recording process that will be filed with the county; the commission voted to hold the lot-split matter (LS02-2025) in abeyance so the applicant can resolve pending variances and provide any outstanding studies. The motion to hold passed on a voice vote.
Separately, the commission approved the final development plan (FDP01-2025) to allow construction of the roadway as phase 1, subject to conditions. Planning and zoning administrator Evelyse (Emily) Atkinson and City Engineer Kate (Jake) Golden emphasized that approving roadway installation without an accompanying building is atypical and that the roadway approval should be conditioned on completing required stormwater controls. Golden told the commission the roadway “will also require the installation of a detention basin” before the impervious surface is put in place. The building, housing and planning department asked that declarations of covenants, restrictions and common-area maintenance mechanisms be reviewed and finalized with the city law department before the lot split takes effect.
The commission approved the roadway installation motion with those conditions and noted that each resulting parcel owner will still have to submit individual final development plans and obtain building permits and other departmental approvals before construction of buildings.
