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Commissioners deny variances for large Huntsville subdivision after safety, infrastructure concerns
Summary
A developer's request to waive engineering, road-design and private-road standards for The Ranches at Huntsville was denied after extended debate about drainage, long-term maintenance and county standards.
Walker County commissioners voted to deny three variance requests from Liberty Bankers Life Insurance Company for a proposed large subdivision called The Ranches at Huntsville after a lengthy hearing in which county staff and several commissioners raised concerns about roads, drainage and long-term maintenance.
Developers asked for (1) a waiver of the requirement to submit full civil engineering plans, (2) a variance from Walker County's road-design standards (the county recently raised its minimum road-base specification to concrete), and (3) permission to allow private roads rather than roads built to county public standards. The requests…
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