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Commission recommends council approve Northern Lights Phase 4 preliminary and three-lot final plats with conditions
Summary
City planners recommended—and the commission voted to recommend to council—approval of the Northern Lights Subdivision Phase 4 preliminary plat (49 single-family lots, three commercial lots) and a final plat for three commercial lots with conditions requiring redesign of Lot 1/Block 12, confirmed access locations, engineering-plan approval before infrastructure work, and corrected plat documents.
City planning staff recommended that the Box Elder City Council be asked to approve both the preliminary plat for Northern Lights Subdivision Phase 4 and a related final plat for three commercial lots adjacent to Cheyenne Boulevard; the Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of both items with conditions.
Planner Michelle Clavadach told the commission the preliminary plat covers 49 single-family lots and three commercial lots adjacent to Cheyenne Boulevard and Northern Lights Boulevard. Staff recommended four conditions for the preliminary plat: redesign Lot 1 of Block 12 so the lot meets the 60-foot minimum frontage requirement (or reserve it for single-family attached units); confirm access locations for the lots adjacent to Cheyenne Boulevard and the roundabout with the city engineer before finalizing site plans; require development‑engineering plan approval by the city engineer before infrastructure work begins; and correct the plat document to meet City of Box Elder requirements.
Clavadach noted a prior traffic study had limited the number of houses pending a second access and that an alternate route (referred to in staff materials as Hotel Way) is under construction and expected to be complete this summer. The staff report also noted that residential lots shown on the parent parcel will require rezoning to residential at final‑plat stage.
For the final plat (three commercial lots: Lots 1 and 2 of Block 10 and Lot 1 of Block 11), staff recommended nearly identical conditions: development engineering plan approval before infrastructure work; surety bond acceptance or infrastructure acceptance before building permit issuance; confirmed access locations with the city engineer; and correction of the plat to meet city requirements.
The commission approved a motion to recommend council approval of the preliminary plat (motion moved by Miss Holt, second by Powery) and later approved the final plat (motion moved by Miss Silk, second by Aldebine). Both motions passed on roll-call votes recorded in the meeting minutes.
Next steps: staff will forward the recommendations to the City Council for final action; required engineering approvals, surety or infrastructure acceptance and any rezoning must be completed before building permits may be issued.
