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Preliminary approval sought for East Hills Meadow subdivision amid water-rights and utility questions
Summary
Developers of the five-lot East Hills Meadow subdivision told the Planning and Zoning body they secured a council variance to use culinary water for irrigation but must file a state change application to finalize water rights; applicants requested expedited review to avoid a 30-day delay.
Developers seeking preliminary approval for the five-lot East Hills Meadow subdivision said they had removed a pond from plans and obtained a variance from city council to allow culinary water to serve outdoor irrigation, and asked the Planning and Zoning body to approve the preliminary application.
The applicant representative said the most recent maps tee the culinary meter into a backflow preventer to supply outdoor watering and that the irrigation contingencies tied to the pond were resolved by the variance. “We got a variance to allow this subdivision to use the culinary water system for the outdoor irrigation system,” a presenter said while requesting preliminary approval.
Staff told the applicants the city needs a completed state change application and culinary/irrigation certificates before building permits can be issued. A planning staff member said the city’s standard turnaround is 30 days for processing the change application and that without the completed paperwork, the city cannot allow building permits. The applicants said they have the culinary hookups under contract and asked staff to expedite the review; an applicant noted, “We have the hookups for culinary water transfer…waiting to pay for that until we do have approval.”
Planning staff and applicants also discussed utility frontage: the planning body asked that all utilities be extended to the end of the applicant-owned lots at the existing asphalt edge; applicants said they cannot extend utilities onto neighboring property without permission and acknowledged adjacent propertyowners had declined earlier offers to accept a donated road.
The planning body asked for the change application and certificates to be filed promptly; the applicants said they would submit the change application and that they would work with the irrigation company to generate the required quantities for that filing. A motion to accept the preliminary application was made during the meeting; the transcript does not record a detailed roll-call vote in the excerpt provided.
Next steps: applicants were asked to supply the change application and the irrigation/culinary certificates so staff can complete its review and either schedule a special meeting or proceed with the standard timeline for final approval.
