Board approves Jessica Lee Landing subdivision and replat of Lot 58 in West Central Historical District

The Anderson City Board of Public Works on Sept. 2 approved a four-lot secondary plat called Jessica Lee Landing and a separate replat of Lot 58 in the John Davis First Addition in the West Central Historical District.

Planning staff presented both items to the board. The Jessica Lee Landing plat covers 5.82 acres on the north side of West Eighth Street, directly across from Creedmoor Glen Subdivision, and proposes four individual residential lots ranging from about 1.04 acres to 1.49 acres. The developer has identified a 0.2-acre Block A along the western edge of the plat to provide access to a neighboring house, and the submitted plat shows a 20-foot drainage, utility and communication easement across the front of the properties. The developer has committed to leaving a small unnamed creek on the property untouched and to building concrete sidewalks across the frontage of the four lots. The property is zoned R-2 residential and lies in a floodway fringe; staff said all four proposed building sites would be outside the floodway fringe.

The board also approved a replat of Lot 58 in the John Davis First Addition, in the West Central Historical District, to create proposed Lots 58A and 58B. The replat splits an existing parcel that currently contains two historic houses (one built in 1875 and one in 1900) at the addresses recorded as 339 West Tenth Street (north house) and 1014 Lincoln Street (south house). Under the R-4 zoning district the minimum lot size is 6,000 square feet; Lot 58A meets that minimum at about 7,200 square feet, while Lot 58B would contain about 3,168 square feet. The planning commission granted a variance to allow Lot 58B to be smaller than the 6,000-square-foot minimum.

Both items were reported as approved unanimously by the planning commission at a recent meeting. At the Board of Public Works meeting a board member moved to approve the Jessica Lee Landing secondary plat, covenants, easements, dedications and the variance acknowledged by planning staff; another board member seconded the motion and the board approved by voice vote. The board separately moved to approve the replat, covenants, easements, dedications and the planning-commission-granted variance for Lot 58; that motion also passed by voice vote.

The approvals allow the developer to proceed with the recorded changes to the city platting records and will enable the owner of the replat parcel (listed in meeting materials as Beige Buildings LLC) to have one legal lot per historic house. Planning staff noted the replat restores a prior lot configuration and may provide the owner flexibility for future property transactions.

The two items were presented consecutively and were noncontroversial at the meeting; no public objections or extended debate were recorded.