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Garden City council approves preliminary plat for six townhomes with conditions on landscaping and trash access
Summary
Council approved SUB FY2025-0003, a preliminary plat for six townhomes near Carr and 35th streets, contingent on resolving trash access and perimeter landscaping at final plat; the applicant said the project can stand alone and is working with Republic Services on curbside pickup.
Garden City’s City Council on Oct. 13 approved a preliminary plat for a six-unit townhome development near Carr and 35th streets, saying outstanding items — including trash access, any required easements and perimeter landscaping if the project remains standalone — must be resolved when the developer returns with a final plat.
The project, presented by Ian McLaughlin of Pivot North Architecture and owner’s representative Hannah Ball, calls for six attached townhomes with two-car garages per unit, three guest parking stalls accessed from the rear, and about 16% of the site reserved as common open space. The applicant said the design includes sidewalk improvements on Carr and a detached sidewalk on 35th, and proposes public artwork on the east elevation.
“This is preliminary in nature,” Hannah Ball said, describing the submittal as a preliminary plat and asking the council to uphold the planning and zoning recommendation for approval. Ball and the project team told council they are working with Republic Services on trash pickup logistics and plan to include language in the CC&Rs encouraging residents to store vehicles and trash in garages to reduce street clutter.
Staff advised the council that two of the waivers originally requested by the applicant were rendered unnecessary by recent changes to the zoning code; the remaining requested waiver concerns reduced perimeter landscaping on the Rosa side. Planning staff recommended that perimeter landscaping and any needed easement or trash arrangements be resolved at the final-plat stage or by condition.
Council members debated whether the council should require perimeter landscaping now at the terminus of a private drive that might later be connected to an adjacent parcel. City staff and legal counsel said the city could draft a flexible or conditional easement now and require specifics at final plat; if an easement location later changes, council would need to review that change.
The council adopted a motion to approve SUB FY2025-0003 with the added condition that, if the project remains a standalone development at final plat, the applicant must provide a perimeter landscape plan for the terminus. The clerk’s roll call recorded Council members Jorgensen, Page, Espison and Jacobs as voting “yes,” and the motion carried.
Next steps: the developer will return for a final plat submittal that must show any required easements, finalize trash arrangements with Republic Services if commercial collection is needed, and provide final landscaping and drainage details consistent with the city’s standards.
