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Planning commission approves Blooming Heights Plat 5 preliminary plat after drainage and connectivity discussion
Summary
Norwalk City Planning & Zoning Commission approved the preliminary plat for Blooming Heights Plat 5, a nearly 15-acre subdivision of 17 lots, after staff and the applicant described stormwater controls, floodplain steps and why a through connection to adjacent plats was not pursued; a resident raised concerns about overland flow and tree removal.
Norwalk City’s Planning and Zoning Commission voted to approve the preliminary plat for Blooming Heights Plat 5 at its Jan. 26 meeting, clearing the way for a 17-lot single-family subdivision on nearly 15 acres in the western part of the city.
Elliot, a city planning staff member, told the commission the site had been rezoned last year from agricultural reserve to R-1-60 (single-family) and that the preliminary plat includes an on-plat detention basin intended to manage stormwater before it outfalls to the existing natural drainage near Middle Creek. "So, 17 lots in total," Elliot said while outlining grading and stormwater measures; staff noted easements are required to accommodate an existing sewer in the area.
The applicant’s representative, Brad Cooper of Cooper Crawford…
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