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Plan Commission approves Highland Park Estates phase 5 with road-width waiver and parking-condition
Summary
The Plan Commission approved the Highland Park Estates phase 5 preliminary plat and a waiver to accept a 24-foot road cross section; approval requires the developer or HOA to petition the county traffic commission for no-parking signs on one side of three short drives before final platting.
The Monroe County Plan Commission approved the Highland Park Estates major subdivision preliminary plat for phase 5 and granted a waiver allowing a 24-foot road cross section where the county standard calls for 26 feet.
The commission approved the final hearing item with conditions by an 8–0 roll-call vote. The developer must submit a written commitment to the planning and legal departments stating a timeline to complete improvements for phases 2–5 and to request acceptance of the road(s) into the county road inventory. The written commitment must be submitted before final platting of phase 5.
Planning staff said the existing roadway in the subdivision was built to a 24-foot width, but the cross-section in the construction plans had shown 26 feet. "One of the suggestions that the highway department recommended was changing the street cross section on the plan to show a 24-foot road design instead of the 26, but also commit to placing no parking signs on one side of Denise, Cheryl, and Emma Drive," explained staff presenter Sean Smith.
The conditions approved by the commission require the developer or the homeowners association to petition the Monroe County Traffic Commission for no-parking signage on one side of Denise, Cheryl and Emma Drive as part of the request for acceptance into the county road inventory, and to change the plan cross section to reflect a 24-foot road to match construction. As a friendly amendment during the meeting, commissioners added that those commitments must be filed before final platting of phase 5.
Developer engineer Daniel Butler told the commission the petitioner is willing to include the petition to the traffic commission in the written commitment. Planning staff indicated as-builts and other documentation were being prepared and that final acceptance into the county inventory would follow highway review.
The motion approving the preliminary plat and waiver carried unanimously; staff will hold the developer to the written commitment and to filing the no-parking petition as part of the inventory acceptance process.
