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Commission approves Maxwell Place Phase 3 plat after resident raises runoff and slope concerns; staff says developers will install detention
Summary
A resident asked whether Maxwell Place Phase 3 would worsen backyard erosion and ecosystem loss; county staff said the plan includes detention in a natural draw to intercept runoff and offered to meet with the resident and share maps.
Duana Helveston, a resident near the proposed Maxwell Place Phase 3 subdivision, addressed the Mobile County Commission with concerns that clearing and grading for the new phase could destabilize slopes behind her Royal Woods Drive property and increase runoff into neighborhood backyards.
The commission approved the proposed plat only for Maxwell Place Phase 3 as part of the agenda (item 56). County staff responding to Helveston said…
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