Planning subcommittee recommends approval of Suburban Pointe preliminary plan with conditions

Planning staff told the Planning Commission Subdivision Subcommittee on Feb. 5 that MJSUB 255, the Suburban Pointe preliminary subdivision at 421 Price Road, proposes 57 single-family lots, two open-space parcels and a homeowners-association detention area and street. Staff said the applicant had submitted a revised plan and recommended approval with conditions, including labeling a restricted-parking cross section, providing a tree canopy and mitigation plan and confirming stormwater and drainage details.

The staff presentation described a proposed connection through the block to reduce block length, intersection bump-outs, and revisions to match the commission’s standard cross sections. Planning staff (staff member) said the revised plan appears to meet subdivision regulations and that no waivers were required after the changes.

An engineer for the project said the revisions addressed prior deficiencies and that the cross-street and narrower cross-sections were intended to match existing neighborhood standards. Committee members questioned whether the restricted-parking cross section applied throughout the development and asked to see prior plans for comparison; the applicant confirmed the parking restriction was intended to continue throughout.

A committee member moved to recommend approval of MJSUB 255 with the ten listed staff conditions (staff’s item 10 had been removed in an agenda revision). The motion was seconded and carried unanimously.

The recommendation will be forwarded to the full planning commission with the standard sign-offs required from engineering, traffic engineering, landscaping, addressing, the urban forester, environmental quality and water-quality reviewers before final action.