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Staff issues mixed recommendations on plats: Black Ridge preliminary approval with conditions, $60,000 Riverchase landscape bond, and denial recommended for Y,
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Summary
Hoover City planning staff recommended conditional preliminary approval for Black Ridge Commercial Lots with setbacks and stormwater conditions, recommended final map conditions for the Riverchase plaza including a $60,000 landscape bond, and recommended denial of the Yates Addition final map because staff comments were not addressed and the surveyor of record has changed.
During pre-meeting review, a staff member summarized three plat-related items in Hoover City.
Black Ridge Commercial Lots (S-102545): Staff recommended preliminary map approval for a PUD that would create two commercial lots and one common area from 13.7 acres at the south end of Black Ridge Parkway at County Road 52, contingent on establishing front setbacks: staff recommended a 25-foot setback with a 15-foot-wide tree-planting strip along County Road 52 and Black Ridge Parkway. Staff also required that, at permitting, the applicant submit updated MS4 stormwater calculations if any drainage basins changed and obtain Shelby County's final approval; if Shelby County's review causes changes to the Hoover project, the applicant must resubmit required changes to Hoover.
Riverchase Plaza (final map): Staff recommended approval with conditions for the plaza at Riverchase Resurvey (1855 Montgomery Highway, zone PC) to create two commercial lots. Conditions include installing proposed trees per landscape drawings dated 03/13/2026, a one-year warranty on new trees with inspection and replacement of dead or unhealthy trees, and posting a $60,000 landscape bond with Hoover prior to recording the plat. Commissioners asked whether irrigation would be provided; staff said no irrigation had been proposed and pointed to the one-year warranty and inspection process to address survivability.
Yates Addition (final map, 232 Caliente Drive, Mortonwood Estates): A staff member said the purpose of the plat is to adjust a property line between lots in Mortonwood Estates. "Staff recommends denial, staff comments were not addressed," the staff member said, and later noted the applicant’s surveyor of record reportedly changed (transcript spells the firm both 'Wagan' and 'Weygan'), which staff said prevents moving forward until surveyor-of-record issues are resolved.
Two applicants requested continuances at the start of the pre-meeting: the Birch Tree Swim and Racquet Club final-map item and a conditional-use case for the Alabama Merchants Association; the transcript records the requests but no formal votes or final actions for these continuances.
