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Planning commission approves Heritage Galleria preliminary plat contingent on notarized frontage assurance
Summary
The Prattville Planning Commission approved the preliminary plat for Heritage Galleria Plat 1 on Oct. 16, 2025, contingent on a notarized letter from the applicant assuring all buildings will face US Highway 82 and McQueen Smith Road and that dumpsters will be screened.
The Prattville Planning Commission on Oct. 16 approved the preliminary plat for Heritage Galleria Plat 1, a proposed subdivision at the corner of McQueen Smith Road and U.S. Highway 82, contingent on a notarized assurance that all structures will face the major roads.
Planning staff told commissioners the plat as submitted would create 10 lots on about 18.34 acres in B-2 zoning, with individual lots ranging from 0.84 to 3.01 acres. Staff recommended disapproval because the submission included double-frontage lots, which subdivision rules generally prohibit without mitigation. “We have a provision in the subdivision regulations that expressly prohibits double frontage lots,” staff said during the hearing.
The applicant’s engineer, Russ Ware of Capstone Engineering Group, said the revised plat keeps 10 lots and smooths two road-radius points and that the developer intends the buildings to face the major roads. John Stanley, representing the property owners, said the development team can provide restrictive covenants and other measures to maintain aesthetics and screening. “We can get something in writing and notarized, to you tomorrow,” Ware told the commission when asked for a formal assurance.
A commissioner moved to amend approval so it would be contingent on receiving a notarized letter stating that all structures would front Highway 82 and McQueen Smith; the motion was seconded and passed on a voice vote. The commission then voted to approve the preliminary plat with that contingency.
The approval attaches the notarized assurance to the plat record so the frontage requirement will run with the plat, staff said. Commissioners also discussed options such as attaching the requirement as a plat note or using a separate common-area parcel to improve aesthetics. No building permits or site plans were decided at the hearing; those reviews will come later when specific developments are proposed.
The commission’s action was procedural — rezoning and site-plan approvals will be separate processes — and the approval does not itself authorize construction.
