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Olive Branch aldermen approve multiple plats, set Aug. 18 planning hearings
Summary
At its July 21 meeting the Olive Branch Board of Aldermen approved several subdivision and final plat requests — including Bill Huey Commercial, Williams, Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church, Pope Lane — and reinstated the 78-lot Carson Creek preliminary plat; planning-related public hearings were set for Aug. 18.
The Olive Branch Board of Aldermen on July 21 approved a series of subdivision and plat requests and scheduled multiple planning public hearings for Aug. 18.
Staff presentations laid out the technical details behind each request. City planning staff (Dr. Song) described a final replat for Bill Huey Commercial that combines Lots 5 and 6 and reconfigures part of Lot 14 to create a roughly 3.05-acre Lot 5; staff said water and sewer service are available, MDOT controls access on Goodman Road, and the planning commission recommended approval subject to conditions including sidewalks on Huey Road and vacating unused utility easements. The board voted to approve the plat as presented.
The board also approved a final plat creating a single-family residential lot from the Williams property (resulting parcel ~2.64 acres). A representative connected with the Williams application noted discussions with city engineering over Section Line Road width and long-term alignment options; staff said recording of the final plat and county health approvals for septic systems are conditions of approval.
A 1.15-acre lot revision for Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church and cemetery was approved with standard conditions: underground utilities, tracing wire on water service lines, recordation before building permits and minor plat edits. During Q&A, board members and staff clarified that a sanitary cleanout shown on the plat is a private service line and recommended the plat notes clarify that the easement is reciprocal between private property owners and not a city easement.
The board approved a 7-acre final plat at Pope Lane and Goodman Road (owner: Yasa Yasser Sala; applicant engineer: Adam McCracken, Houston Engineering). Staff noted sidewalks along Park Lane and that sewer was not immediately available to the lot, with required frontage improvements expected as conditions of recordation.
On a larger residential project, the board reinstated the Carson Creek preliminary plat previously approved in October 2021 for 78 detached single-family lots. Staff recapped the history: the 78-lot layout and civil construction plans had been approved in 2021–2022; an intervening owner sought a reduced 25-lot layout earlier this year but the current applicant, Martin Carradine, requested reinstatement of the 78-lot plan. The board approved reinstatement subject to the original conditions (buffers, fence, sidewalks, curb and gutter, and required road widening and drainage work along Davidson Road).
Most planning items carried with unanimous voice votes. The board directed staff to record required clarifications in plat notes where staff and members raised questions about easements, access permits controlled by MDOT, and septic approvals through DeSoto County Health Department. The board also set public hearings for August 18 on a set of zoning ordinance amendments (including smoking restrictions near parks, data center criteria and sign height limits) and on a text amendment to allow medical cannabis in a particular PUD at Marquette Manor.
The next step for many of these items is recordation of final plats and administrative follow-up by planning and engineering staff; public comment or appeals would be taken at the Aug. 18 hearings for the items scheduled then.
