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Pacific aldermen take first reading on Highlands PUD, debate private road width and HOA maintenance
Summary
At first reading of Bill 5251, aldermen and residents questioned a developer proposal for 20 lots along Old Gray Summit Road that would use a private 24‑foot road, require HOA maintenance of detention basins, and omit sidewalks and street lights; developer agreed to provide draft covenants and tweak setbacks for the next reading.
The Pacific Board of Aldermen held a lengthy first reading on Sept. 3 of Bill 5251, a preliminary development plan for the Highlands subdivision on Old Gray Summit Road, drawing extensive questions about road width, drainage and long‑term maintenance.
Clerk read the ordinance accepting a PUD for about 20 lots; the developer representative, Elliot Reid of Cochrane Engineering, described a private internal road originally proposed at 22 feet that planning and zoning negotiated to 24 feet and a plan that places detention basins in low points and assigns maintenance responsibility to a homeowners association once roughly 14 homes are built. Reid said the design preserves about 30 acres of trees and aims for a “rural setting” with larger,…
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