Hoover planners approve Everly Phase 4C and other subdivisions after residents raise tree and drainage concerns

The Hoover Planning and Zoning Board approved multiple subdivision cases on Nov. 4, including Everly Phase 4C, after residents pressed the board about possible tree removal and stormwater impacts. Staff recommended approval of the Everly final map contingent on a performance guarantee of $197,300; the board approved the subdivision cases by a single block motion and voice vote.

Why it matters: Residents said a wooded area behind several homes had once been labeled “future development” on earlier maps and worried that removal of trees would increase runoff and reduce privacy and property values. Neighbors urged the board to preserve the canopy; developers and staff said the final map now identifies the land as a future common area to be conveyed to the homeowners association (HOA) and that major land…