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Developers seek waiver to keep San Pedro Ranch road unpaved; supervisors warn Pomerine Road flooding risk
Summary
An applicant for an eight‑lot San Pedro Ranch Estates subdivision requested a waiver to avoid paving a quarter‑mile private road; board members flagged recurring monsoon wash and culvert damage on nearby Pomerine Road and asked flood control and engineering staff to return with mitigation options.
County planning staff previewed a plat for an eight‑lot subdivision in the Palmarie area (San Pedro Ranch Estates) and said the applicant has asked for a waiver from the requirement to pave about a quarter‑mile of private road. In exchange, the developer offered to hard‑surface an apron on Pomerine Road at San Pedro Ranch Road.
Planner Matthew told supervisors the private road would remain private and the developer will assume ongoing maintenance under a mandatory road maintenance agreement required by subdivision regulations. The applicant said paving that section would be cost‑prohibitive and might cause the development not to proceed, staff added.
Multiple supervisors raised concerns about off‑site stormwater impacts. Supervisors described the development filling sites in a broad wash upstream of Pomerine Road and said that grading has channeled stormwater into a narrower corridor that increases velocity and is already
