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Harrison County approves Hatton Manor Phase 1 plat with completion bond and personal guarantees
Summary
The board approved the final plat for Hatton Manor Subdivision Phase 1 after adding a $75,000 completion bond (item k) and a requirement that individual owners provide a personal guarantee (item l); the board also voted to draft an amendment to subdivision regulations to require personal guarantees for corporate applicants going forward.
The Harrison County Board of Supervisors approved the final plat and associated documents for Hatton Manor Subdivision Phase 1 after amending the approval to include a $75,000 completion bond and a personal‑guarantee requirement from the project's owners.
County staff and board members discussed recurring problems with developers leaving infrastructure incomplete and the limitations of performance bonds that lose real coverage value over many years. To address those concerns, the board added two items to the plat approval: item k, a $75,000 completion bond to cover remaining punch‑list work, and item l, a written personal guarantee or hold‑harmless indemnification from the individual owners of the corporate applicant.
During discussion, staff said the applicants agreed to sign the personal guarantees in this instance. Board members also voted separately to direct staff to draft an amendment to the county's subdivision regulations to require personal guarantees or hold‑harmless agreements from owners/principals whenever a corporate entity applies for a subdivision in the future.
The approval as amended carried; the board did not record roll‑call vote tallies in the transcript excerpt. County staff said the added requirements aim to ensure responsible completion of roadways and other public improvements when corporate applicants lack verifiable assets to secure obligations.
The board instructed county legal staff to draft the proposed subdivision regulation language for future consideration and to pursue the separate order to amend regulations at a later date.
