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Drainage board notified of Stockman sewer extension; conditionally approves Timber Ridge Estates in Indian Creek watershed
Summary
The Tippecanoe County Drainage Board received notice of the Stockman Sewer Extension and granted conditional approval to the Timber Ridge Estates subdivision, which lies inside the Indian Creek watershed and includes compensatory storage to offset floodplain impacts.
Tippecanoe County Drainage Board members on June 4 received a notification about the Stockman Sewer Extension and voted to grant conditional approval to the Timber Ridge Estates subdivision per a Burke review memo dated May 30.
The Timber Ridge Estates proposal covers about 64 acres, with roughly 41 acres proposed to be disturbed to build 85 single-family lots on quarter-acre parcels, according to Sterling Fitzer of T Bird Design. The site sits within the Indian Creek watershed and includes areas in the Hadley Lake and Indian Creek flood plains.
“We are here to actually just discuss the logistics of getting permits in this case,” said Pat Jarbo of T Bird Design, describing the Stockman Sewer Extension that will run north of the Menards site and cross Indian Creek. Jarbo said state permits are in process, including a Department of Natural Resources permit, and that the sanitary permit has been obtained for a related parcel.
County staff described a construction issue discovered during the sewer work: a drainage channel linking a Menards-era compensatory storage pond to Indian Creek was damaged during installation and has since been restored. A county staff member said, “We have ensured that that has been rectified,” and that the developer will provide as-built documentation to the surveyor’s office.
Engineers for Timber Ridge told the board they will provide compensatory storage on parts of the site to offset fill placed in the flood plain and that overall post-construction release rates will be no greater than existing rates, though meeting the ordinance’s 90% drawdown time for certain ponds may not be feasible. County staff flagged potential effects from a future U.S. 231 corridor alignment on the eastern side of the site and asked the applicant to remain on notice for required modifications.
A board member moved to grant conditional approval per the Burke memo dated May 30; the motion was seconded and passed. The approval is conditional on the items listed in the review memo and on receiving outstanding state permits and any required as-built and drainage documentation.
The board and applicant also discussed whether the development will be presented in the future as a county regulated drain; staff requested clarification from the applicant and asked that the issue be returned to the board if a regulated-drain filing is proposed.
The Stockman Sewer Extension was presented for notification because it lies in the same impact area and is designed to serve the subdivision but is being permitted as a separate project. No formal board action was required for the sewer-extension notice.
