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Commission approves Haven Farms preliminary plan with storm-drain condition
Summary
The commission approved a 35-lot preliminary plan for the Haven Farm property at roughly 400 East/400 South, contingent on a development agreement addressing a storm-drain relocation and related land exchange or easement.
The Ivins Planning Commission on June 17 approved the preliminary plan for the Haven Farms subdivision with conditions, subject to a development agreement to resolve an existing storm-drain alignment and associated property interests.
Applicant Clark Coolidge described the project as 35 lots on about 9.21 acres, zoned R-1-7.5 and intended for medium-density residential use. Planning staff described required adjustments to 400 East and 400 South so the street cross-sections conform to the city's transportation master plan; the plan also includes a hammerhead turnaround and internal lots with driveways fronting the new collector.
The central technical issue discussed at the hearing was an existing storm drain that runs along the east side of the property on city-owned land. The developer proposed a land exchange or trade: the developer would pay to reroute and upsize the storm drain into the public roadway and, in exchange, the city would convey the parcel currently occupied by the drain to the developer. Staff said the developer has a draft agreement in progress and that the city would review the cost estimate for upsizing the pipe.
Planning staff noted that the technical review committee found the subdivision materially conforms to Ivins City code. The commission voted to approve the preliminary plan conditional on a development agreement intended to address the storm-drain relocation and any necessary easements or rights to utility access. The roll call recorded Commissioners Waite, Brown and Clifford voting "aye," and the chair also announcing an "aye." The commission instructed staff to ensure appropriate final-plat notes and easements are included if the land exchange is not completed.
Clark Coolidge, the property owner and applicant, told the commission his team is awaiting final sizing information from city engineering to determine costs for the pipe upsizing; staff said the development agreement will be appended to the plan and brought forward to City Council for final approval.
Next steps: staff will coordinate development-agreement language tied to the preliminary plan approval and, depending on the agreement timeline, the developer will proceed to final-plat engineering and Council review.
