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Commission approves Long Bayou Reserve preliminary plat, defers broadband waiver to final plat; Corps mitigation credits required
Summary
Planning commissioners approved a 48-lot preliminary plat for Long Bayou Reserve with conditions including purchase of U.S. Army Corps mitigation credits for wetland impacts, recording deeds, private road approval, and deferral of a broadband waiver to final plat.
The Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission on Aug. 7 approved the preliminary plat for Long Bayou Reserve (SPP25-20), a planned residential development of 48 lots, subject to conditions requiring wetland mitigation credit purchases and other compliance before construction permits or final plat approval.
County staff said the development is in Planning District 30, zoned RSF-2 with a planned residential development (PRD) overlay. The project proposes 48 lots, with 36 waterfront lots and 12 interior cottage lots; the developer expects to preserve about 28 acres of open space and to impact approximately 3.5 acres of delineated wetlands. Staff noted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had issued preliminary approval for the wetland impacts, but that the county required the applicant to purchase mitigation credits before issuance of…
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