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Commissioners approve preliminary plat for eight-lot mixed-use subdivision north of Eureka
Summary
The board approved a preliminary plat for an eight-lot subdivision (Gage Fox Way) north of Eureka that allows mixed residential and light industrial uses, shared wells and septic on lots, and includes planning conditions to manage road, wildlife and utility issues.
Lincoln County commissioners voted to approve the preliminary plat for the Industrial Approach subdivision (proposed name: Gage Fox Way) during the April 16 meeting, accepting the planning board’s unanimous recommendation and the planning department’s findings.
Planning staff described the project as an approximately 23-acre, eight-lot development located near the Eureka airport that envisions mixed residential and light commercial uses on each lot. Staff said utilities would be provided by Lincoln Electric and Interbel Telephone as needed; each lot is proposed to have shared well and septic facilities on the lot to serve both a residence and a light industrial building. The planner reported that the proposal anticipates up to eight employees per light industrial business and estimated about "280 average daily trips" onto U.S. 93 if every lot were developed to the planning assumptions.
Sophia Grubo, representing 406 Engineering and the property owner Darwin Pluid, said lots will range from about 2 to 4 acres and each lot would be approved for one four-bedroom residence and one light-industrial building (examples offered: a woodworking shop). "Each lot will be allowed one of each of those buildings," she said. The existing shop on the site (proposed lot five) will be disconnected from the current private driveway to U.S. 93 and accessed instead from the new internal roadway, which the developer intends to pave.
The planning report concluded there are minimal impacts to agriculture, groundwater and environmental resources given the property's location, and it recommended 18 standard conditions of approval including road-maintenance covenants and living-with-wildlife provisions; the planning board recommended approval with no additional conditions.
A commissioner moved to approve the preliminary plat, a second was offered and the board approved the preliminary plat by voice vote. The motion authorizes the developer to proceed to final plat applications subject to the planning department's conditions and state (DEQ) approvals for water and wastewater.
