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Commissioners table Tarkenton Downs preliminary plat, request more drainage review
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Liberty County commissioners voted to table approval of the Tarkenton Downs Phase 1 preliminary plat and a related variance for wet-bottom detention ponds, asking county staff and LJA Engineering for additional drainage clarifications before moving forward.
County commissioners on Tuesday tabled consideration of the preliminary plat for Tarkenton Downs Phase 1 and a related variance request to allow wet-bottom detention ponds, saying they want additional drainage analysis and clearer written review from the county’s engineering reviewer before approving the subdivision.
The decision came after Ripley Woodard, a technical engineer representing the developer, described the full project as “about 750 lots” to be built in three phases, with Phase 1 proposing 322 single-family lots, an on-site wastewater treatment plant and roughly 56 acre-feet of stormwater detention. Woodard said the overall development would “produce about 785 equivalent single-family connections.”
County commissioners said the subdivision raised questions about cumulative drainage impacts beyond…
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