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Commission asked to restore Lot 389 in Governor’s Club; planning commission approved preliminary change with conditions
Summary
City staff asked the city commission to authorize an alteration to the Governor’s Club OSRD plan so Lot 389 — converted to open space in 2005 — could be returned to a buildable lot, and planning staff said the change would not increase the subdivision’s total lots beyond earlier approvals.
City staff presented a request to alter the OSRD (Open Space Residential Development) plan for the Governor’s Club subdivision so that Lot 389, which was designated open space in 2005, would become a buildable lot again.
A staff member said the requested conversion would not increase the subdivision’s total number of buildable lots beyond the numbers originally approved for Governor’s Club and would leave the required open-space acreage intact. The staff member told commissioners Lot 389 had been converted to open space as part of a trade-off tied to changes made in 2005 and that a condition of approval placed on that project was intended to cap the subdivision’s total lots at 433.
Planning staff and the applicant, Reagan Smith Associates, presented maps and background showing Lot 389’s location and the history of prior lot exchanges. Staff said the conversion would not push the subdivision above the originally approved lot count of 438 nor above the 433 threshold referenced in the 2005 approval, and that the open-space requirement (about 20.8 acres) would still be met.
At its July 7 meeting, the planning commission approved the revised preliminary plan subject to conditions. One condition would limit the total number of lots in the subdivision so that the number does not exceed 427. Planning staff also said the applicant had sought sign-offs from surrounding property owners; staff reported three of five immediate neighbors had indicated they were “okay” with the change, while two neighbors had not provided a response.
Staff noted the planning commission’s approval included several standard conditions and that the matter would return to the city commission in the form of a resolution authorizing the alteration to the OSRD development plan. The planning commission’s action was described in the staff presentation; no commission vote on a final resolution appears in the transcript.
If the city commission approves the resolution on the agenda, staff said the conversion would allow creation of a buildable lot in place of Lot 389 while keeping the subdivision’s total lot count below earlier approvals and retaining required open space.
The presentation emphasized the two dispositive technical points: the open-space acreage requirement remains met, and the revised lot count would not exceed historical approvals. Commissioners asked questions about the location of Lot 303 (the lot involved in earlier reconfiguration) and about neighbor notifications; planning staff answered from the map and said the applicant had collected three of five neighbor responses to date.
