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Council reviews amendment request to Jordan annexation to delay Crestwood road requirement until 206 units
Summary
City planning staff briefed the Mayor and Council on a request to amend a prior annexation condition for the Jordan development (reannexed 2007). The developer seeks to change the condition requiring construction of a road to Crestwood after 100 units are built to instead require that road only after 206 units, allowing additional plats to be fi
City planning staff presented a developer request to amend a condition in the Jordan annexation (reannexed in 2007) that requires construction of a road from Haven Road to Crestwood after at least 100 dwelling units are built in the development. The applicant asked the mayor and council to change that threshold from 100 units to 206 units to allow three plats (phases 1–3) to be recorded and to permit a pending sale to a builder to proceed while engineering work continues on an adjacent area affecting drainage.
Staff summary and rationale: Steven Bach Miller (planning staff) said the original annexation authorized a maximum of 376 dwelling units; subsequent planning approvals reduced the planned density to about 241 units (townhouses and single‑family) and the developer has recorded plats for phases 1 and 2 (98 lots total between those phases). The developer is halted on the yellow area (phase that would require additional drainage work prompted by flooding concerns at the adjacent Rustaven Cemetery) and therefore cannot record the green section without adjusting the unit threshold that would trigger the Crestwood road requirement.
Recommendation and planning commission: The planning commission endorsed the approach with a caution: if development exceeds 206 units the Crestwood Drive connection should be constructed. Staff described that three points of access exist today and that the full development plan includes right‑of‑way reservations for potential future connectivity (including a northwest connector in the comprehensive plan and a stub for a possible railroad crossing connection). Miller said the current plan likely will reduce lots in the yellow area from roughly 35 to about 25 as engineering work proceeds, but those details remain under design.
Council direction: After questions about access and connectivity, council members asked for confirmation of the access points and the planning commission’s recommendation. Staff asked whether council was comfortable with the amendment; council indicated agreement to move forward and directed staff to prepare the appropriate documents for formal approval at a future meeting.
No final annexation amendment ordinance was adopted at this meeting; staff will prepare documentation for formal council approval.
