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Decatur planning commission backs tree-survey waiver and PD changes at Nature Creek Reserve
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of a waiver to limit tree surveying, a planned-development amendment on how garage square footage counts toward minimum home size, and a preliminary plat for the Nature Creek Reserve subdivision, after developer testimony that steep topography will require large-scale grading.
The City of Decatur Planning and Zoning Commission on a May meeting recommended approval of multiple applications for the Nature Creek Reserve development, a proposed planned development of just over 200 acres at 1800 North U.S. Highway 287.
Staff presented and recommended approval of a waiver to the subdivision tree-survey requirement that would allow the developer to survey six 4-acre sample plots instead of the entire site. The developer’s representatives told commissioners steep grades and a roughly 100-foot fall across the property mean most trees in buildable areas will be removed during grading and retaining-wall construction.
Lisa Hannon, Planning Director, said the waiver request is made under the subdivision ordinance’s waiver process and that staff believes sampling the six heavily wooded squares will “give us a good idea of what is in…
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