Developer proposes 16 large-lot subdivision in Wildwood; city raises septic, water and floodplain questions

Lombardo Homes’ development team presented a concept for a 16-lot, large-lot subdivision in Wildwood on about 55 acres and asked the Development and Zoning Review Committee for early feedback Wednesday night. The petitioner’s engineer said the proposal calls for roughly 3.4-acre lots and that the developer wants individual septic systems rather than the centralized sewer system the city typically requires for developments of this size.

Why it matters: the committee and city staff identified several technical and neighborhood concerns that would need addressing before a formal application — including a required water main extension, proximity of septic systems to a creek and floodplain, visual buffering along Highway T and potential neighborhood opposition.

At the meeting, Jeff Schreier, identified himself as an engineer for Home and Borrow Homes and said the firm has the two tracts “under contract” and would like to build 16 lots of about three acres each. “We will buffer and try to screen from the road our homes as much as…