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Commission approves site‑plan amendment at 1202 Houstonville Road with drainage and landscaping conditions
Summary
A site‑plan amendment for a commercial building at 1202 Houstonville Road was approved after the applicant agreed to reduce impervious area (remove three parking stalls), add landscape islands and buffering, and follow drainage corrections identified in tech review.
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site‑plan amendment for 1202 Houstonville Road after staff and the applicant agreed on corrections intended to mitigate long‑standing drainage issues.
Staff described the file as an amendment to a 2014 site plan; tech review found the property had been partially paved beyond the approved footprints and noted that additional buffering and drainage details were needed because of an adjacent single‑family residence to the north. Kendall Wise of Vantage Engineering acknowledged the prior deviations, described corrective changes in the updated plan and said the applicant will remove three rear parking stalls and replace them with landscaped islands and trees to restore some of the intended open space.
A nearby resident, Chester Kavanagh, asked whether traffic and utilities studies had been performed and raised concerns about a clogged manhole on a nearby street; staff and the applicant said the project does not meet the threshold requiring a traffic impact study and that utilities will be served by existing water/sewer connections.
The commission approved the amended site plan with the agreed changes and asked staff to ensure drainage and buffering measures recommended in tech review are enforced at plat/permitting.
Why it matters: The approval addresses a recurring neighborhood complaint about stormwater drainage and implements on‑site measures to reduce runoff at a property that previously exceeded its approved paved footprint.
