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Homeowners urge council to address drainage for proposed Arbor Homes PUD; applicant says engineering review will determine design
Summary
Homeowners near the proposed Arbor Homes development told council a shown retention pond could cause groundwater and sump-pump problems; the applicant said stormwater is currently uncontrolled and that geotechnical borings and engineering design in review will determine pond details.
Residents living along Larimer Lane told the Plain City Village Council they are worried that a large retention pond shown behind new houses in the Arbor Homes plan could raise groundwater levels and cause sump pumps to run continuously.
"Are our pumps going to run every 15 to 20 seconds year round for as long as there's water in the pond?" homeowner Roger Spring asked the council while explaining that during melt or heavy rain the low spot in the field drains toward the backs of their houses. He said council planner Hutchinson reported the developer would not place a liner and instead planned to use clay "or something of that nature," which raised additional homeowner concern.
Drew Miller, the Arbor Homes applicant, told the council he is not an engineer but said the site currently has uncontrolled stormwater and that "part of the engineering and review process we go through is to collect that stormwater and mitigate it." Staff confirmed the pond location on the plan is preliminary and that the project will go through detailed engineering, including geotechnical borings to identify whether soils are clay, sand or gravel, which will inform groundwater and detention design.
Council and staff told residents they were aware of the concerns and would be mindful of stormwater during plan review; staff said the city follows Columbus and EPA detention standards and that final pond design will be determined during engineering review and at planning commission review.
