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Heath planning commission approves replat to combine two tracts at 7440 S. FM 549
Summary
The City of Heath Planning Commission approved a preliminary plat to combine two tracts totaling about 5.372 acres at 7440 S. FM 549, allowing the property owners to rebuild a residence on a single parcel. Staff recommended approval and the commission voted to approve the plat.
The City of Heath Planning Commission voted to approve a preliminary plat to replat two tracts into one parcel totaling approximately 5.372 acres at 7440 S. FM 549.
A city staff member told the commission the applicants seek to combine two existing tracts to create a single lot so they can build a new home. "The city staff does recommend approval of the plat," the staff member said during the meeting.
The property owner, Josh Ramsey, said the parcel was purchased as one piece and the owners want the tax and title records to match that physical ownership. "We just wanted one piece of property," Ramsey said. He also said the prior house on the property had been demolished earlier in the year and that the new home will generally occupy the same location as the previous structure.
Commissioners had no technical objections after staff reported the plat met the city’s technical requirements. A commissioner moved to approve the plat; another commissioner seconded the motion. The motion passed and the commission approved the preliminary plat for case number FP2025-2 (request by Tony Taglia of Burns Surveying on behalf of the property owner), with no further conditions recorded in the meeting transcript.
Ramsey told the commission he and his wife plan to build a larger house in roughly the same footprint and later proposed building a shop farther back on the property; he noted that a portion of the rear area is within a mapped floodplain and that any future shop would have to comply with city floodplain rules. The transcript records that the property includes low, hayed pastureland and a creek (referred to in the discussion as Buffalo Creek) running through the rear of the tract.
Separately, the commission confirmed the minutes for an Aug. 5, 2025 railroad meeting and an Aug. 19, 2025 special meeting. The record shows the minutes were accepted and that abstentions for the minutes were recorded for two commissioners (Harry and Joe). The transcript does not record a roll-call tally for the preliminary plat approval beyond a voice affirmation of the motion.
The commission adjourned at about 6:38 p.m.
