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Council approves preliminary plat for Tut Industrial Park after resident concerns about runoff
Summary
The council approved a preliminary plat for Tut Properties Inc. with conditions including screening and engineered detention ponds after a neighboring resident raised concerns about buffers, soil erosion and flooding; a motion to table the item failed for lack of a second.
The Highland City Council on Sept. 16 approved Bill #24-94, a resolution approving a Preliminary Plat for Tut Properties Inc. (Tut Industrial Park), with conditions recommended by the Combined Planning & Zoning Board and additional screening and engineering requirements to address neighbor concerns.
Councilman Napper asked that the item be tabled so the council could address concerns raised by a neighboring resident, Brenda Wetzel, about lack of a buffer, soil erosion and a detention pond planned behind her property. He said Wetzel expressed those concerns at the Combined Planning & Zoning Board meeting. Mr. Tut did not speak; the developer’s engineer told the council the planned design would not create runoff issues.
Economic Development Coordinator Mallord Hubbard told the council staff had identified six to seven concerns that were addressed through conditions at the CPZB meeting and that screening would be required where residential properties abut industrial uses. Deputy City Clerk Lana Hediger noted the resolution’s Section 2 lists eight conditions of approval, including that "screening is to be added and indicated on the Final Plat to obstruct sight of industrial uses from residential properties pursuant to and consistent with Section 90-302 of Article IX of the City of Highland Code of Ordinances."
Director Joe Gillespie explained the preliminary plat shows two detention ponds and that the developer’s engineers must provide calculations showing those ponds will not increase runoff to adjacent properties. City-contracted engineers will review those calculations before any final plat approval or construction begins.
Councilman Frey said approval at this stage allows engineers to prepare final plans; a motion to table failed for lack of a second and the council voted aye to approve the resolution with the listed conditions.
