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Commission grants final site plan approval for Valley Reserve subdivision, with conditions on architecture, street trees and bonds
Summary
The Planning Commission approved the final site plan for the Valley Reserve subdivision after a lengthy review; approval is contingent on additional submittals including architecture, street‑tree plan, coordination of covenants, and execution of a construction/performance bond and maintenance agreement.
The Macedonia Planning Commission voted March 17 to grant final approval to the Valley Reserve planned unit development (PUD) subject to a set of conditions addressing architecture, street trees, construction guarantees, covenants, and remaining engineering details.
Developers (Valley Reserve LLC and Polking Homes/Polking Homes representative) told the commission the development will be phased and that a builder (Pulte/Polking relationship) will construct homes; the developer and builder said they will work with city staff and the city architect to finalize elevations and architectural standards. Planning staff reviewed outstanding items from the preliminary approval and confirmed the city council had previously addressed sidewalks via a resolution; planning staff recommended the commission approve the final plan conditioned on several outstanding items being completed.
The commission's conditions require, among other items: submission of final scaled sheets and phasing details; confirmation and certification of wetlands jurisdiction and purchased mitigation credits where applicable; a development agreement or financial guarantee (performance bond or similarly acceptable security) before final sign‑off; submission of covenants and restrictions for city review; a street‑tree planting plan (one street tree per lot) to be shown on the plans; identification and approval of mailbox locations and entrance signage; and that architecture (full elevations — front, rear, and side) be reviewed and approved separately by the commission after administrative review with the city architect.
Commissioners and staff emphasized that architecture must meet the city's standards for material diversity and massing and that individual house designs would be reviewed administratively against the approved palette once the overall elevation set is accepted. The commission approved the final plat with those conditions and directed staff to prepare the relevant development agreement and permit conditions for execution before the final plat is recorded.
