Elbert County commissioners hear Fox Haven PUD concept brief; water and wastewater plans highlighted

Byron McDaniel, Elbert County district 3 commissioner, opened a concept briefing on the Fox Haven planned unit development at 1:01 p.m. Feb. 19, saying no decisions would be made at the session. Developers and consultants presented a site plan for a roughly 76-acre parcel north of Highway 86, a few miles west of Elizabeth, and described a layout of about 103 residential lots consistent with R-2 lot sizing.

The presentation by Alan Cunningham of PCS Group emphasized topography, drainage and preservation of mature Ponderosa pines. "There's a pretty decent sized drainage on the property," Cunningham said, noting steep (20%+) slopes along drainage corridors that make much of the Highway 86 frontage difficult to develop. The concept preserves roughly 43% of the site as open space and includes two interior park areas of about 2.5 acres each, plus about 11 acres of buffer on the north and about 20…