Planning commission backs Harbor Club plan for 37 homes with conditions on access, stormwater and environmental corridor

The Planning Commission recommended City Council approval Tuesday of a planned infill development amendment that would allow Harbor Club at Lake Lawn LLC to build 37 single‑family homes on about 16.3 acres south of the Lake Lawn Resort golf course.

The commission’s recommendation, moved by Commissioner Kevin (last name not specified) and seconded by another commissioner, accepted staff findings and imposed conditions including a required secondary emergency access at the east end of the development, minimum 30‑foot driveways, widened private streets to allow parking on one side, and clarification that routine city inspections would apply only to rental units rather than to owner‑occupied single‑family homes.

Staff said the project proposes 37 single‑family lots at a density of about 2.28 dwelling units per acre and a landscape surface area of about 64 percent. The developer asked for several zoning flexibilities — longer dead‑end streets, smaller lot…