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Planning commission weighs infrastructure-phasing tool and moving ‘premature subdivision’ language
Summary
City staff asked the Planning Commission for feedback on proposed subdivision-code amendments that would allow phased construction of major collector roads and move existing premature-subdivision language so it can be applied at concept, preliminary or final plat stages. Commissioners raised concerns about who would pay for full build-out, stormwater impacts and long-term costs.
Members of the Forest Lake Planning Commission spent the bulk of the evening discussing proposed subdivision-code amendments that would (1) relocate the city’s existing “premature subdivision” language so it could be applied at any stage of plat review and (2) create an optional “infrastructure phasing” tool to allow interim roadway configurations on major collectors.
Community development director Abby said the city’s Economic Development Authority had studied a preferred Headwaters Parkway alignment and recommended the code changes, describing the infrastructure-phasing idea as a way to give developers and the city flexibility on long-range collector roads. “The infrastructure phasing tool would allow... flexibility when building the…
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