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Board approves Bellevue Village drainage plan for new duplexes and triplexes
Summary
Scottsburgs Board of Public Works and Safety unanimously approved a drainage plan for the Bellevue Village apartment development, a phased project of duplex and triplex units that will include on-site detention and a single planned ingress from Bellevue Avenue.
Scottsburgs Board of Public Works and Safety approved a drainage plan for the Bellevue Village apartment development after staff presented the engineered plan and answered membersquestions.
The plan covers a multi-phase development off Bellevue Avenue on Gardner Street that will be built as a mix of duplexes and triplexes. City planning staff said the developer has met technical advisory committee requirements and is scheduled for development-plan approval at the Scottsburg Plan Commission meeting the following Monday.
City planning staff member Miss Bolton presented the plan and said the site will be developed in three phases with a single planned entrance from Bellevue Avenue. The development was recently rezoned to R-3 with a condition limiting density to triplexes; staff said the developer does not intend to build denser housing than allowed under that rezoning. Engineering consultant Josh Hillman recommended that storm-structure calculations be based on final construction plans.
Under the approved drainage design, surface runoff will be routed across the site toward an on-site detention basin located near the northwest corner of the property. Staff said the drainage flow generally runs from south to north across the parcel, beginning at the edge of property owned by Bill Sears and discharging to the detention area; the plan calls for an on-site detention basin rather than off-site conveyance. The plan team said a future secondary access route is possible only if the developer negotiates with an adjacent owner (identified in the meeting as Bill Sears); no off-site easement or secondary ingress was secured as part of this approval.
Board members asked about building counts, unit sizes and parking. Staff said the overall site layout shows roughly 14 buildings and a community center (13 residential buildings plus a community center was discussed). Duplex buildings were described as roughly 1,800 square feet per building (about 900 square feet per dwelling unit) and triplex buildings roughly 2,800 square feet in total (about 950 square feet per unit). Staff said duplexes do not require residential sprinkler systems under current code and that the units are similar in scale to the developers other properties in nearby counties.
The plan was approved by voice vote. The boards discussion noted that ingress/egress is limited for now to the Bellevue access and that any additional access would require negotiation with adjacent property owners and separate approvals.
The board asked staff to provide the full development plan drawings to members; staff said they would circulate the documents to the board following the meeting.
Ending: The Plan Commission review and final site-plan approval are scheduled separately; the drainage plan approval granted by the Board of Public Works and Safety is a technical approval of stormwater controls and does not itself authorize building permits or off-site easements.
