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Fairhope council approves development agreement tying utilities to Barnwell-area golf course and capping homes
Summary
Fairhope City Council authorized Mayor Sherry Sullivan to execute a development agreement with Daniel Realty Company LLC that ties availability letters for water and sewer service to a proposed golf-course-centered development south of town and limits the residential component to a maximum of 310 lots.
Fairhope City Council authorized Mayor Sherry Sullivan to execute a development agreement with Daniel Realty Company LLC that ties availability letters for water and sewer service to a proposed golf-course-centered development south of town and limits the residential component to a maximum of 310 lots. The council voted to approve the agreement during its meeting (motion and second recorded; motion carried).
Why it matters: The agreement commits the developer to build substantial public-utility extensions and donate a one-acre parcel the city intends to use for test wells and evaluation as a potential water-tower site. Those infrastructure commitments are intended to enable the proposed 18-hole golf course, clubhouse and associated residential cottages and single-family lots while reducing previously envisioned residential density.
Key details presented to the council include: the developer’s obligation to construct a six-inch sewer force main from McGowan Drive and upgrades to the Roar lift station; extensions of 12-inch water mains from the south via County Road 3 and from the Green Hill Road/County Road 24 corridor; and that the project will follow the city’s standard performance, maintenance and bonding requirements. The agreement also records the developer’s commitment to convey the one-acre parcel to the city at no cost and to pursue annexation of the entire site “if and when” annexation becomes legally permissible.
Council members discussed the plan’s lower housing count compared with previous proposals and described the golf course and clubhouse amenities as a recreational and quality-of-life addition to the area. City legal counsel summarized the agreement’s public-utility and annexation terms for the record.
The approval authorizes the mayor to sign the attached agreement with Daniel Realty Company LLC so the developer can obtain the availability letters needed for Baldwin County planning review. No timetable for construction or for annexation was specified in the agreement.
