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Developer told incomplete plats for Sparta Pike subdivision likely to be denied unless revised
Summary
Planning staff identified multiple missing elements and required variances for a six-lot industrial subdivision (Cubes at Sparta Pike); the applicant said needed corrections were imminent, but staff said the commission cannot defer the item again under its rules and warned it will be denied if corrections are not complete before the hearing.
The commission reviewed two agenda items from Cubes at Sparta Pike LLC: a preliminary plat and a final plat for a six-lot subdivision on about 204.9 acres along Sparta Pike. Staff identified numerous technical deficiencies (incorrect drawing scale, missing parcels and addresses on the plat, lack of adjacent property information, missing surveyor contact and incomplete fees for added lots) and a set of required variances related to minimum lot size, road connectivity and block length/perimeter.
Staff made clear that, under the commission’s rules, the plats had already been deferred once and could not be deferred again by staff; if the applicant did not correct the listed deficiencies before the scheduled hearing, staff said the commission would need to deny the plats. Dan Curry of Crockett Surveying, representing the applicant, told the commission that variances had been requested and paid for and that the design engineer planned to submit corrected materials for the next meeting. “It’s my understanding…the variances being requested have already all been granted outside of the 2 lots that are not of adequate size,” Curry said, and he added the applicant planned to donate one of the undersized lots to Wilson Water for a booster station and use the other as open green space.
Staff enumerated three block-length variances and one block-perimeter variance and said the proposed Wheeler Way road length requires multiple connections (two to the north and two to the south for a total of four) but the plat shows only a single connection. The commission and staff urged the applicant to either clean up the submittal before the scheduled hearing or risk denial; the applicant said they planned to submit corrections today for review for next week’s meeting.
Because the commission’s rules limit deferrals in this circumstance, staff emphasized the applicant’s choice: defer now by formally withdrawing and resubmitting corrected plats or proceed and face likely denial. The commission left the items on the agenda to allow the applicant to submit corrected materials for the next meeting.
