Garden City council approves final plat for River Villas, a 14‑lot subdivision

Stephanie Hopkins of CAM Engineering presented the River Villas final plat to the Garden City Council on Aug. 11, saying the final plat conforms to the preliminary plat and staff recommendations. “We’re proposing 14 buildable lots and 1 common lot,” Hopkins said, adding the site is about 0.7 acres near 43rd Street and develops to roughly 20 units per acre with a mix of 3-bedroom, 2-bedroom and live-work units.

Staff (Miss Thornborough) told the council the application meets the six criteria in Garden City code for final-plat approval (cited as code section 8-5-b-3-c2 in the packet), that there have been few changes from the preliminary plat, and that stakeholder agencies provided standard comments; the city engineer still requires documentation and must sign the plat before final recordation.

A council member moved to sustain staff’s recommendation and adopt the findings of fact and conclusions of law; the motion was seconded and passed by roll call. Council and staff asked the developer to minimize worker parking along 43rd Street during construction and suggested using nearby Fishers parking as available.

The council’s approval sustains the staff recommendation with the standard conditions; the city engineer’s signature and any required technical fixes remain prerequisites to final recording.