Clayton commission approves site plan and architectural plans for 123 Lancaster with stormwater conditions

The Clayton Plan Commission and the Architectural Review Board voted Jan. 6 to approve the site plan and architectural plans for 123 Lancaster, allowing demolition of a single-story house and construction of a two-story single-family home, subject to two staff conditions: recording a deed restriction about dry-well location/maintenance with the St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds and submission of a percolation test by a qualified geotechnical engineer assessing the performance of the proposed dry well for the 15-year, 20-minute storm event.

Staff told commissioners the property, in the R-2 Single-Family Dwelling District and the Clayton Gardens Urban Design District, meets height, setback and lot-coverage standards. Impervious coverage on the lot is limited to 55%; the proposal measures 54.8%. Staff reporters said the existing canopy coverage (6,337 square feet) would be removed and the plan adds 4,250 square feet of new canopy, which staff said exceeds the minimum replacement requirement; the landscape plan was described as meeting…