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Board conditions approval of two lot-level Conservation Overlay requests on recorded conservation easement for adjacent wetland parcels
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Board approved one Conservation Overlay Zone application for lot-level fill and tree removal and un‑tabled a related application after the applicant agreed to record a conservation easement preserving three adjacent jurisdictional wetland lots.
The Planning & Zoning Board un-tabled a previously continued Conservation Overlay Zone application and approved a related application for the placement of fill and removal of trees on two single-family lots in a conservation overlay, subject to a condition that the property owner record a conservation easement over three adjacent jurisdictional wetland lots.
Applicant representatives said the two lots (corner Lot 22 and Lot 24 in the packet) require limited tree removal and modest grading to construct single-family homes with stem-wall foundations; the city’s “no net loss” wetland policy allows purchase of mitigation credits for regulated wetland impacts. Staff explained the city’s requirement to demonstrate mitigation and noted the property was platted and historically developable.
Board members asked detailed questions about which trees would be removed and whether the applicant could shift footprints to save canopy. Applicants said several trees were in poor health or within dwelling footprints; one significant water oak (15-inch DBH) remained and would be handled as part of the requested approvals. The board asked the applicant to consider conservation measures for nearby undeveloped wetland parcels that the owner controls.
The applicant agreed on the record to place a recorded conservation easement over three adjacent wetland lots (lots 23, 25 and 27; parcel ID 1498700230) and to work with staff on the exact easement text. With that commitment, the board voted to approve PZB2025022 (approval of fill and tree removal for the lot) and then un‑tabled and approved the companion item PZB2025021, both conditioned on recording the conservation easement. The approvals allow the applicant to move forward with lot-level permitting; staff will review final grading, landscaping and mitigation at the building-permit stage.
Board action details: the board’s decision attached the conservation-easement condition to approvals and asked staff and the applicant to finalize easement language before the land-development permit is issued.
