Developer outlines 103‑lot planned development on 30‑acre Clayton site; council raises drainage, lot‑width concerns

Jason Lu, a developer with Shanghai Enterprises, and civil engineers from American StructurePoint presented a preliminary plan development for a roughly 30‑acre tract in Clayton that would create 103 single‑family lots and a central open space.

The proposal would rezone the property to a planned development district, include a multiuse path along Westbrook Road, and place a stormwater basin in the southeast corner of the site. Ben, of American StructurePoint’s civil engineering team, said the plan shows 52‑foot‑wide lots with six‑foot side setbacks and a 20‑foot front setback proposed by the developer: "we're showing them at, 52 feet wide, with 6 yard side setbacks. I think that's the major deviation from the RSD." He also described a multiuse path and a basin sized for the development and said the traffic study "has been reviewed and accepted, by the by the city staff and, your consultant. So, showing no improvements are…