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Troy committee advances final plat for Liberty Meadows Section 1 despite parkland fee concerns
Summary
The Troy Law and Ordinance Committee voted unanimously June 30 to move forward with the final plat for Liberty Meadows Section 1, a roughly 24-acre, R‑5 subdivision that includes a fees-in-lieu arrangement for required green space; council members pressed staff about the pending Unified Development Code and park access in the First Ward.
The Troy Law and Ordinance Committee on June 30 voted unanimously to advance the final plat for Liberty Meadows subdivision Section 1, a roughly 24-acre project in the city’s R‑5 residential zone that would create 31 building lots.
The recommendation to advance the final plat came from the Troy Planning Commission and was presented to the committee by Mister Titterington, who said the final plat conforms with the approved preliminary plan and that the commission offered a positive recommendation. "This is actually a request for approval of Section 1. Section 1 is approximately 24 acres," Titterington said.
The matter drew questions and a pointed comment about parkland. Committee member Jeffrey Widdon noted that the proposal accepts fees in lieu of on-site green space. "I am very much against fees in lieu of," Widdon said, noting Liberty Meadows would be built in the First Ward, "the only ward in the city that does not have a city park." Widdon said he would not oppose the plat solely for that reason but asked that the issue be considered in the upcoming parks master plan.
Council members asked staff about the subdivision standards used to design the project. Mister Schelling asked whether the developer’s plans were being processed under older subdivision regulations, given the city’s work on a Unified Development Code. A staff speaker replied that the final plats for Liberty Meadows and the subsequent item were designed under the current subdivision regulations and that the UDC language is still under consultant review before planning commission consideration. "We are still on track to get you the new recommendations," the staff member said.
The committee record notes two numerical details stated by the presenter: the section totals about 24 acres, and the presenter said there would be "31 building lots on 12 acres." The final plat packet supplied to the committee included a rendering and did not request emergency legislation.
Mrs. Marshall moved to advance the final plat; the committee voted unanimously to move forward. The committee did not adopt legislation that night; the action recorded in the meeting was advancement of the planning commission’s recommendation to the next step.
The discussion preserved a few outstanding policy questions: the proposed use of fees in lieu of on-site parkland and the timing of the city’s Unified Development Code update. Committee members explicitly framed those as matters for future planning work rather than conditions on the final plat approval.
