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Beavercreek council approves 50‑plus‑home Creekwood Preserve plan after debate on lift‑station removal and construction traffic
Summary
Council approved the Creekwood Preserve specific site plan (PUD 25-1) for about 51–53 single-family homes, but planning commission conditions and resident concerns about removing a 27-foot lift station and construction truck traffic prompted amendments and continued follow-up.
Beavercreek — Beavercreek City Council approved the specific site plan for Creekwood Preserve (PUD 25-1), a proposed single-family neighborhood on roughly 25.2 acres, after listening to residents’ concerns about construction traffic, the logistics of removing an existing sewer lift station and buffering between new lots and adjacent neighborhoods.
The developer’s representative described the project as a two-phase community with roughly 51–53 lots, multiple lot sizes and an average home size in the mid-2,000s square feet. The applicant said a full traffic-impact study found no significant long-term traffic impacts and that the developer will remove a pump/lift station and connect to a gravity sewer as an early step in construction.
Planning commission members and residents urged caution. Members explained that they had added a condition limiting heavy construction vehicle entry during peak school bus times to reduce risks on narrow local streets; they also added a condition that construction of the lift station removal precede grading and house connections. Residents and planning commissioners emphasized that narrow streets (Graham, Bayview and other stubs) and school-bus times create particular safety challenges.
Council debated enforceability of narrow time windows for heavy trucks on public streets and recognized practical challenges: policing public road use would require an enforceable ordinance or police enforcement resources; instead, council and the applicant agreed to coordinate with the school district and notify contractors of school-bus schedules to encourage self-regulation by builders. The developer said it will attempt to coordinate with contractors and will provide advance notice to nearby residents about major lift-station work.
Council approved the site plan with the planning commission’s conditions; the minutes record that one sentence in condition 2 was struck by motion and the final motion carried. Staff will oversee final engineering and that lift-station removal and sewer tie-in are scheduled early in the construction sequence.
