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DRC recommends 122‑lot Bella Vista subdivision to planning commission with conditions
Summary
The Development Review Committee recommended that the Bella Vista preliminary plan for a 122‑lot subdivision be forwarded to the planning commission provided utility modeling is complete, redline comments are addressed, and a fence and recorded easement are documented.
The Development Review Committee on July 22 recommended that the preliminary plan for a 122‑lot subdivision called Bella Vista move forward to the planning commission, but only after off‑site utility modeling, redline corrections and a written fencing commitment are added to the plans.
The recommendation matters because the project fronts 400 East near Orchard Hills and Apple Valley Elementary schools and includes double‑frontage lots and a proposed realignment of a 10‑inch sewer main that could require off‑site infrastructure work.
DRC planning staff raised the subdivision’s double‑frontage lots as a recurring concern and cited city code that “double frontage lots shall be avoided except for essential to provide separation of residential development from traffic arteries” and that appropriate mitigation is required. Aspen, planning staff, told the group that a masonry fence had been discussed as a mitigation and…
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